So, the evidence that seemed to show strong correlations between region and diet and longevity was seriously flawed, yet causation was attributed by that incorrect correlation. And books have been published, documentaries filmed, fortunes made by celebrity influencers, and advice given by people we'd normally trust. Until now nobody apparently bothered to thoroughly investigate the veracity of the original "evidence" from which a cascade of incorrect assumptions have led to "common knowledge". I don't know whether to laugh or cry. submitted by /u/FunClothes [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Neil Tyson tells us we weigh the same at the north pole as we do at the equator: Link. For some reason he believes the matter in the equatorial bulge lieing outside a spherical shape doesn't exert gravity on someone at the north pole. He also mispronounces "geoid". submitted by /u/HopDavid [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

A few weeks ago a paper released in Nature Geoscience made the extraordinary claim that polymetallic nodules on the abyssal seafloor are capable of abiotically producing oxygen. The paper claimed that this has all sorts of implications for deep-sea ecology, the evolution of life and the origins of an oxygenated Earth. It was widely reported on platforms such as the BBC, CNN and many more. But one platform was conspicuously silent on the subject - Science. Since then, scepticism has been building, and Science have broken their silence with a piece that raises some serious doubts from multiple ..read more

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(I wasn't sure about posting a link to U miama's website. Google that to find article.) The claims seem to me questionable. But I'm not even remotely an expert on the physics of this. My summary of the claims based on researcher's simulations: * up to 50% reduction in large cargo ship's energy usage. 90% for small. [Presumably only when strong wind. The wind can be blowing in any direction.] * Technology: * * Tall cylinders anchored to deck (think "smoke stack" size) * * No moving parts (technically, no LARGE moving parts): this implies the cylinders do NOT contain "vertical turbines". * * Wi ..read more

From here A feature of Julia Serano’s writing is shifting justifications and definitions. At no point does Serano stick to one definition of female, as opposed to repeating, in different contexts, that all transwomen should be considered female. Serano claims or implies transwomen are female in the following ways: because being female is a collection of mutable traits that transwomen can alter themselves to suit, to an extent because “the gender/sex distinction is rooted in mind/body dualism” because “our understanding of sex is socially constructed “ because ‘most people use the terms “sex ..read more

I keep seeing these video clips being stitched and declaring him a brilliant genius, etc. There's others of course that call him out or make statements as to the lack of validity to some of his claims, but it seems people want to see every individual point challenged before they'll accept he's batshit insane. This has me more riled up than FlatEarthers submitted by /u/topham086 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more