What if I told you that there is a way to keep scrolling without having some loud-mouth influencer telling you to stop it because it rots your brain? You just gotta substitute whatever that you're scrolling with the big brain version of it.
Enter clever science memes as per The Lighter Side Of Science, a Facebook group that’s all about science memes to give you an educated giggle and hopefully not rot your brain.
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I just said the exact same thing to my spouse, I'd even offer a drink and a nosh lol
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"No thank you, I'm a Christian fundamentalist, I don't believe in science"
When I was 18 and first moved to a bigger city and saw a "Christian Scientist" church I thought, how refreshing, and I considered actually going there. Being the non religious person I am. I did not but laughed my a*s off a few years later upon learning that it's the antithesis of science
I would give them the home addresses of the people knock on people's doors about religion. I suspect that's where the need is greatest.
I'd still like to talk about God. You know, I believe religion is man-made and that there's no religion in heaven. It's not about who's right or wrong. We each have our own connection to God and it's up to us to nurture it and we will find great peace.
This would be great. "Hi, we're from the Science Museum, and we'd like to talk to you about non neutonian fluids, and invite you to a series of free lectures at the museum on Sunday mornings." I'm in. Totally willing to hear you out.
Sign me up too please. Can we sign up for second daily visits pretty please?
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I believe in God and I still want this to happen. At least would be less annoying than the Jehovah Witnesses trying to convert me to *their* side. Yes, even other denominations aren't safe from them. We have no hope other than the close the door. Very firmly. Edit: Formatting.
If they want to talk about life on Venus, they're not much of a scientist.
I would also have snacks and drinks at hand ready for educational storytime!
As long as they don't want to talk about Phosgene! Nasty stuff that.
"Come in! How long can you stay?- I'll put on coffee and make cookies while we chat"
When ever the "People" show up at my house I ask them to trade magazines with me. I gave them Western Horseman for a Watchtower. Ha! But science sounds better.
My husband (a scientist) would drag them in for a cup of tea and hours of science chat! i would listen, marvel, and maybe understand the gist of it!
Let me tell you about punctuated equilibrium (a part of the theory of evolution)
Sign me up! Although actually, when we get together with extended family it's like this. All my aunts and uncles have PhDs and a good few other rellies too - biggest bunch of nerds ever to rent a bunch of holiday homes outside of a science convention!
WHERE DO I SIGN UP FOR THESE VISITS?! BRING ME ALL THE SCIENCE PAMPHLETS! BRING ME TINY EXPERIMENTS! I WILL MAKE YOU COOKIES!
Maybe we would not care so much about finding life in other planets if we could somehow achieve some harmony right in this one. A middle ground. It seems none of the parts is willing to listen to the other. Maybe both have valuable information. Guess we'll never know. LOL?
See, I'd give up significant chunks of time to listen to that. The religious door-knockers? Not so much.
That would be nice. Last time someone knocked on my door, it was Jehovah's witnesses.
That cracked me up yes please!!! And somehow we'd still be wrong anyway
When I was a kid in Kitchener, Ontario, we had a visit from someone from the University of Waterloo, wanting to inform householders about the dangers of Radon gas. Seriously. He did the whole neighbourhood. Had my folks really upset.
Will it stop me from doing wrong, because I never learned to control my own impulses, out of lack of concern for repercussions? No? **Gunshot** consider yourself robbed.
Wait, are you telling me the only reason you're not out robbing people is fear of repercussions?
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Isn’t this Scientology? Ok, they don’t start off with the alien leader because that would be stretching the bounds of credibility but they do get there eventually.
Bwahaha, and phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus is alive, sounds plausible in your ears?
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YES!!!! Less religious pushers on the street corners and more science pushers PLEASE!!!
I called the local "temple" and told the dude that answered the phone if you ring my doorbell one more time I'll swear out a trespass warrant on your asses. They have never been back - 15 years. However, they were walking by while my wife was bringing in the groceries and asked, "Does that mean man still lives here" She smiled and said yes.
No one becomes religious from studying science. Quite the opposite.
Load More Replies...So, there’s a Facebook group called The Lighter Side Of Science that prides itself in, predominantly, sharing memes that are lightly scientific and cool, all the while delivering a certain level of humor and relatability.
The group is actually a part of IFL Science and has roughly 741,000 members as of this listicle.
Their tongue is long and wraps around it's brain to protect it during high speed pecking..
Sadly, OP would have smelt of horse, not corpses.
For the record, it’s not all memes. There is community engagement going on in several ways, including IFL Science promoting its own articles and folks in the community themselves asking scientific questions and everyone else jumping on board and brainiacking this thing out.
Engaging to say the least.
Now, we won’t dive into what memes are and why they are such a big deal. The tl;dr of it is it’s become a means of communication and connectivity among folks all the while they’re popular because they’re relatable.
What we haven’t yet discussed is the scientific side of it all: how can they be educational and why would that matter?
Well, turns out, you can use memes that relate to the content at hand to teach folks something new.
Three main tactics are suggested for this, the first of which being dual coding. This one works when there is a visual and verbal component that ties in well with what you’re teaching and it ultimately strengthens student comprehension.
This makes me happy! Next thing will be a potato farm.
The other two are using concrete examples, i.e. memes are concrete examples of abstract and complicated ideas or concepts, and elaboration, which is using memes to connect students’ personal knowledge with real world observations.
The former is used to support the students’ understanding of the material, while the latter helps them dive deeper into analysis and elaboration.
Serves them right. They probably still have crickets in their home.
This in turn means that students can also engage with the material by explaining the memes that tie in with the topic and by creating them.
For the first one, students can be provided with appropriate memes or asked to source existing memes to explain how it connects to what they have learned in their own words.
Well done. For those not familiar with champagne: The French are very protective of that word. Only sparkling wine from that exact region is allowed to carry the word "champagne" on the bottle. For every other wine with bubbles "sparkling wine" has to be used. Or Crémant. Edit: The Crémant part is incorrect, explanation see below. Reason for mistake: I was lazy.
With the second, more hands-on one, students can be asked to create their own memes by finding pictures and coming up with captions that capture the idea of what they are studying.
The approaches to these can vary and it’s up to the teacher to find appropriate ways to deliver the material effectively.
Black hole's name is Maude and she sees the sandwich in your hand
The answer to this problem was to let us include publication cost in proposal budgets. Just now being added - clean up and disposal costs for the project. Next up - accepting the fact that grad students *are* part of the cost of conducting research. NSF and NIH continue to leave them off the budget template as if they are not.
Now, there are risks involved. For starters, there has to be a bit of guidance with what prior knowledge is retrieved in the kids’ minds that would be associated with the study material.
Another huge no-no is using memes that are not as accessible as others, i.e. blind kids can’t see visual memes and kids with zero pop culture awareness might not get some of the more popular ones.
But if you avoid inappropriate angles on memes, it shouldn’t be a problem.
Whatever the case, memes tend to stick with people because of their relatability and thus serves as a great way to approach learning new things. If anything, the kids should have a blast.
I worked with a paramedic in the 90s who always replied "dressed and vertical". There are many days in my life now where I use it because sometimes that's a major accomplishment.
We’d love to hear from you, lovely Pandas, so why not share some of your witty science facts or memes in the comments!
And if you’re hungry for more science, then Bored Panda’s got that covered too.
I, a professionally trained military photographer, forgot the word 'shutter' and called it the camera's 'blinky eye.' Thankfully, it was in front of my father and he only laughs at me for it all the time.
I like to think its more "We are finally as far away from the bears as we possibly can."
To be fair there are a lot of really freaky mutations in real life too. They're just not usually fun ones like XMen style mutations.
Imagine being a farmer and some people came and trampled on your crop for a silly photo.
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destineemya21, if you're going to copy every comment, wouldn't it be easier to copy/ past instead of re-typing everything?
Thanks Robertas! And a lot of Pandas really outdid themselves in the comments 🤣🤣🤣 thanks everyone!
Except destineemya21, who apparently has never had an original thought.
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destineemya21, if you're going to copy every comment, wouldn't it be easier to copy/ past instead of re-typing everything?
Thanks Robertas! And a lot of Pandas really outdid themselves in the comments 🤣🤣🤣 thanks everyone!
Except destineemya21, who apparently has never had an original thought.
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