Lemminary

1 month from now…

Expectation:

“Haha notiddies. Man, what a meme that was!”

Reality:

Me not remembering ever seeing this post in my life.

Fabuloso does that for me!

Not exactly memories but dreams. Sometimes I’ll have the same exact nonsense dreams I’ve had years ago. Other times I’ll randomly remember those dreams when I’m wide awake. But the thing is that I never remember what they’re about!

“What is this bipedal can opener up to now?”

“I don’t know, Whiskers, but I’m in it for the treats.”

Yo, Tweety. Bitch ass Polly keeps talking shit.

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Weird how the free speech stops when you reply with “bullshit”.

I also love the “Will you please let our dedicated team and our 658 partners use cookies and your private data? Pewtie pwease?? UwU”

No, it’s a PR move. Why would anyone use Firefox 12.0 when Chrome is so obviously more advanced with a fast release cycle sitting at version 120+?

Err, this is actually the Great Empire of Yucatán, tyvm. 💅

The term “world war” is a propaganda term

Why is it propaganda and not just a misnomer?

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I’m so excited for my new president! I voted for her yesterday. 🤩

It’s disappointing that the trend is downward. I wanted to type “nuh-uh!” but I’m having trouble thinking of counter examples. Sad.

I like how this implies that the hole would bore through half the size of both Georgias.

I’m so sorry but you’re getting unnecessarily aggressive over this. I don’t wish to participate or waste my time with someone who will willfully ignore or misinterpret what I’m saying. All your answers are above if you care to see things from my point of view. Thanks for the chat.

I mostly agree with you.

But you have stated an absolute. “Science isn’t science without collaboration.”

I don’t think that’s what I’m saying, at least, that’s not my stance. I’m trying to say that how we formally define Science is one thing. But in practice, Science can only be collaborative because of the complexity of topics, the nuance that needs to be captured in experimental design, and the human error that needs to be avoided. There’s also the connotation that science is the collective body beyond its works that encompasses a community, a culture, a history, a way of thinking, and so on. If you’re “doing science”, then we have the mutual understanding that you’re participating in all of the above, because otherwise, you’re just conducting independent research that could eventually find its way into the whole.

But if it doesn’t ever find its way into the greater body of science, how can we label that as doing science if it hasn’t made an impact besides personal profits? And even if those findings work as advertised in a product, how do we know that the hand-waiving explanation in this black box isn’t true? It does nothing for our understanding. I won’t argue that it works as a colloquial term because a theory could mean whatever possibility popped into someone’s head even if it’s wrong. Strictly speaking, a theory is much more than a plausible thought and I think that analogy carries on.

you are relegating the likes of great scientists like Newton, Cavendish, Mendel, and Killing to the title of mere “researchers.”

That’s a relic of what worked back then but their independent research eventually made it into the science, which is consistent with what I’m saying. Labeling them as researchers takes nothing away from their great achievements. I see no issue with calling an apple a fruit when broadly speaking.

Well, modern science is interdisciplinary, it relies on resource sharing and peer review to reach consensus, which all require many people. In practice, it’s merely research without collaboration if contributions aren’t being made because Science isn’t defined when you apply the scientific method. Science is what we do collectively. So when offshoot research is vetted, it becomes part of the science.

This reminds me of a few people I’ve met who believe themselves to be scientists who claim to do science by themselves, but in reality, it’s numerology nonsense. They’re arguably researching a system they invented but nobody worth their weight would take them seriously.

Why is one person employing the scientific method to better understand the world around them “not doing science”?

Why is “research” not the appropriate label?