People Share The Scariest Science Facts They Know (40 Answers)

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But it's good for people to hear that those of us who suffer from ptsd aren't faking

Not "every person". Many don't realise it until it has a significant impact on themselves or others and they seek help and/or have a diagnosis from a professional. (20 years later here...)

Most definitely. Its horrendous.

Isn’t it important for people without PTSD to hear this?

No they actually do not. Accepting having PTSD and in my case CPTSD.

But for those of us who ISN'T suffering from PTSD, it's not commonly known. I thought PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) was just stress, albeit one that was more stressful than someone's work day. But stress nonetheless. And to me, you take yourself out of the stressful situation when you can and take a walk, a bath, or whatever to calm down.

Not my daughter. When I tried explain the imbalances stress can cause, she ghosted me because, "I wasn't taking her illness seriously." Sadly, it's been over two years now and despite begging to get together (through a friend), I still don't know where she is. I have been a health professional before I retired.

They aren't preaching to the choir, it's to the congregation.

The reason doctors do it is because it's extremely difficult to use a correct dose of anaesthetic on babies. It could kill them. The reason why people still circumcise boys is that it is a throwback to an ancient coming of age ceremony that somehow got done at younger and younger ages over the years. There are no medical benefits to it a little talk and training in in hygiene can't accomplish. If you are still dead set on the practice give the kids the option when you can actually freely choose it.

But those danged Goofus cells who just go ahead and develop an nice little melanoma for you all the same...

Imagine if you burnt your toast, and it started to multiply out of control.

Ok here it is. Not my best work: Moved in with skin cell 2, skin cell 2 committed suicide Left him with nothin' but ruined pride Somethin' new inside A voice saying Skin cell, you gotta fend for yourself He started retreatin', runnin' from all the white blood cells There would've been nothin' left to do For a skin cell less astute He would've been dead and destitute Without a cent of restitution Started recruitin', gatherin' more cells to join him Dreaming of stage 2 and 3 and maybe even stage 4 Scannin' for every cell he can get his hands on Plannin' for the future, see him now as he multplies The vision of skin cancer headed for a new land In the spinal cord you can be a new man (x4) In the spinal cord (spinal cord) Just you wait! (x3)

That's what they want you to think./S ( sarcasm with a capital s)

Except wifi 5G. There stands for 5Ghz, which provides more bandwith that regular 2.4GHz bands (which have better range)

So that explains why my phone, that switches between 4G and 5G, gets better internet connectivity when it's on 4G? 5G is different, not necessarily stronger?

The bp comments are not immune to this unfortunately. Point out on here that it is pseudoscience and you get people claiming that it isn't.

Ooo I know the answer to this one! Conservatives in government have been attacking the education system since the Reagan years in an effort to dumb down the electorate as a means of controlling the masses. Ignorance abounds when No Child is Left Behind. Thanks for watering down my my AP and Honors placements back in high school, Shrub!

people are idiots. thats why.

"A study published in Science Translational Medicine explored this by testing how people reacted to migraine pain medication. One group took a migraine d**g labeled with the d**g's name, another took a placebo labeled "placebo," and a third group took nothing. The researchers discovered that the placebo was 50% as effective as the real d**g to reduce pain after a migraine attack." - - - - "Placebos won't lower your cholesterol or shrink a tumor. Instead, placebos work on symptoms modulated by the brain, like the perception of pain. Placebos may make you feel better, but they will not cure you. They have been shown to be most effective for conditions like pain management, stress-related insomnia, and cancer treatment side effects like fatigue and nausea." (Both quotes are from https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect)

You know sometimes you really love something at the shop, but you get it home and you take it out of the packaging and it's lame. Homeopathy is all packaging, so the people that buy into it don't get disappointed as there's literally nothing to take out.

I think people like the idea of going back to nature and keeping things chemical free. But, unfortunately, the stuff they buy is just as tampered with as the other stuff. If someone believes in it and they think it works then leave them to it.

For the same reason that scientific studies which demonstrate that things that people don't want to be true are in fact true get ignored, buried, downvoted and tossed aside despite being valid evidence that needs to be acknowledged. Most people don't want facts, they want answers, and they don't care if the answer is right, they care if the answer is easy for them to understand and doesn't require any revisions to their world view to embrace.

Because they read on Facebook that someone used it and was cured of their illness. Maybe we are the fools to believe scientists and doctors ! 10 years of studies ? Mehhh !!! Internet has the truth !!!

While I am no fan of homeopathy we need to remember scientific evidence only exists when someone pays for the research. Randomised clinical trials are higely expensive and usually only paid for where something can be patented so that the money can be recouped. An absence of evidence is different to research proving something doesn't work.

Because people like to think they no more than "the system"

Its called clutching at straws

Because science education in America is forgotten by most people once they leave high school. While fantasy and superstition is weekly reinforced in churches the rest of their lives and conspiracy and anti-science is the norm for right wing news sites.

Intentional under education of the public.

Because of emotion.

Hope?

See religion...

Because Humans are incredibly gullible, as Great Uncle Robin said "dumber than dog s**t."

Maybe because the placebo effect has been scientifically proven to help, in some cases.

Partially because the placebo effect is proven to exist

We don’t. It’s the clowns who believe water has a “memory.” They’re likely the same fools who believe the earth is flat, conspiracy theories, and other manure. People with measurable IQs and common sense see it’s malarkey.

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Distrust of Pharma marketing (with valid reasons). But if something triggers placebo and cures is that bad ?