Like, we’ll probably find out that eating boogers actually makes you immune to select illnesses or something crazy like that.

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    Causal relationship between social media and degradation of basic critical thinking skills. Not just tiktok, anything in which people are primarily communicating asynchronously and has a “reward” (likes, upvotes, etc)

    So Reddit/Lemmy for sure included

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    Solid proof that the source of all life on this planet actually began on a different world. The critical components came here via a comet or even an spacecraft that inadvertently dropped it off. Should screw with a lot of ideals

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    COVID originated in the swamps of the deep south.

    Edit: obviously, not really, but we shouldnt be too quick to judge where it came from.

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      Were you around when the Fort Detrick conspiracy was going around? Obviously not true but has more evidence than the Wuhan shit so was fun to use to push back against that.

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    If it turns out there really is no free will. What will happen? Do we get a kind Utopia? Or fascism where you are mistreated based on your lot in life?

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      There’s no functional difference, unless you can accurately predict someone’s actions, and to do that you’d need to predict the environment in which someone is making choices as well, which requires omniscience. So, there’s no functional difference.

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          Yes, but if there is true free will, the universe would not be perfectly predictable. If it is, then there could not be free will. Luckily, it isn’t.

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            I would say deterministic rather than predictable.

            I think the universe is deterministic and that there isn’t something inside our heads that bypasses determinism and creates free will.

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              But we know for sure that the universe is not deterministic.

              From a fundamental level, it is probabilistic.

              Simple experiments can show this chaotic action.
              Take for example the dripping tap experiment. The time for next drop cannot be predicted by knowing the timing of the previous drops!
              This is not a random process, there is a pattern, but it is also clearly not deterministic.

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                We can’t predict it because we can’t possibly know everything. But unpredictably isn’t the same as randomness or implies nondeterministic behaviour.

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                  If you are really interested, look into the uncertainty principle.

                  At this point in science we are as convinced as is possible to be; that the universe is probabilistic in nature.

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        Remember the reasons we have punishments? To discourage further misdeeds. Also, to restore justice by inflicting suffering on those who deserve it. Punishments would still be dished out for pragmatic reasons, but retributive punishment would be rendered entirely meaningless.

        It would also shatter all sense of acomplishment an individual could have. All that would be left is maybe a perverse pride in knowing you where born “better” than others.

        I don’t think society would survive if it was a common knowledge.

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    Microplastics and penile length. Seen some studies recently though lol.

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    I think you have something there with the booger theory. Please do testing and report back.

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    I’ve got a couple that roll around in my head, radiation therapy will be seen as barbaric at some point. Assuming we don’t burn ourselves off this earth in the next few years I think we’ll see some progress on this. Moderna is known for their COVID shot, however they have basically eliminated melanoma with a tailored injection. Last I looked at it, it was in it’s mid stage or something and was almost 100% effective.

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      Radiation therapy is bad. We know that, its a last resort tool to fight cancer. Once we find something to finally kill cancer before getting to that stage, i hope to see no more use of such treatment.