Science memes

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[michaelachapman]

If anyone's wondering, Darwin observed the effects of inbreeding in plants, then realized the same thing likely happened in humans and went "oh no"

[cjthenarhwalking]

For the surgery one in case anyone was curious:

Normal people see that 20 patients survived so they think a failure is due.

A mathematician knows that previous results have no effect on the current operation.

Scientists will see this and think something about this specific doctor makes them have a higher survival rate

[itsdorianrae]

7:06 the point of this meme was in the title. The Gambler's Fallacy is a belief if something like a coin flip lands on one side several times in a row, that it is guaranteed to fail anytime soon. The doctor performed only 20 surgeries, but the Gambler (Normal Person in the meme) believes the next surgery will surely fail because he had performed the 50% success rate in succession.

The mathematian realizes his odds are still 50%, and the scientest realizes his doctor is highly skilled and has high odds of survival.

[Royalleague]

i love subreddits where it's EXACTLY what you expect it to be

[Rustylorde]

4:43 actualy, it was because he had so many children with his cousin, most of which died, that he thought that inbreeding with a cousin could be harmful, and saw that in pea plants.

yes, seriously.

[_StarlightRose_]

9:21 One man reportedly gave himself a shock 150 times over the course of the study.

They were shocked before volunteering and said they wouldhpay money to never experience the shock again.

[MrKobiKenobi]

5:55 the way the halflife of the uranium to lead example was calculated was by very exactly messuring small amounts of the uranium for a specific measured time and then seeing how much radiation it has produced. the heavier molecules shoot out alpha or beta radiation in order to become the lighter elements and because the mass and time is known, the halflife can be calculated.

[Omori_Dio]

4:40
No, he only found out AFTER. (It wasn't a Taboo.)
The tomatoes call out, only when it's too late.

[dairekelly]

12:59 this is because when you're cutting the sandwich into rectangles you're less likely to actually get it into perfect halves because you kinda need to eyeball it unless you try to measure. But cutting it into triangles is much more likely to be exact halves because you can clearly see the corners so just cut from one corner to the opposite one

[CodeNascher_]

3:17
the captcha has a lowercase p at the end.
we're safe for now. gpt was wrong.

[TuffMelon]

The thing about that time traveller finding themselves missing for 30 years idea that's terrifying, is that it means you never returned to the time you came from. Meaning, either going back in time creates a diverging timeline, or something stopped you from ever going back.

[alanamuir]

Fun fact: in the self-administered electric shock experiment, they shocked all the subjects once before they locked them in the empty room, so it was not curiosity. They all knew exactly how painful it was already before they got bored enough to do it to themselves.

[leefisher]

13:02 - The reality is easy to explain: since the diagonal cut is longer than the straight one, you actually get MORE sandwich with the straight cut, since less of it is lost to crumbs. However, the diagonal cut, for the same reason, gives you more sandwich surface area.

[TheInvisibleMan-]

For the electric shock one:

They each had been given the same shock beforehand, many of them all said that they wouldn’t want to ever feel that shock again in their lives. But when faced with excruciating silence and being alone with their thoughts, most of them gave themselves the shock _at least_ once. One man shocked himself 150 times

[GhostBear]

In defense of the teachers in the 1990s nobody saw smart phones becoming a thing. We barely saw widespread cellphone use becoming a thing.

[s-viper]

9:13 "Looks like I'm bored and I've started zoning out. Time to encourage myself with a controlled shock." - Most men apparently.

[joshuahunt]

5:05 Correction: step 3 is “keep very, VERY hydrated, especially if you dont eat much fiber”, and step 4 is “get plenty of high-quality sleep”.

[mati.benapezo]

4. Become black market surgeon.
5. Own more livers.
6. Own more kidneys.

[darkshoxx]

16:00 for those not seeing the issue, dividing by half is multiplying by two. If you don't believe me, mash it into a calculator. it's D)

[oneclout]

I looked it up one day. The reason they don't teach taxes in school is because the rules for taxes are ever changing, so by the time students start doing their taxes the rules have already changed again, and everything they were taught has become benign.