This Online Group Calls Out People Who Think They Know Better Than Years Of Science, Here Are 50 Of The Most Absurd Posts (New Pics)
Social media gave all of us a platform. And since everyone has an opinion on everything, we have to be more careful when consuming content—not all of it is valid.
Probably nothing proves this point better than the subreddit 'Facebook Science.' Gathering the dumbest statements they can find on the internet, its 50K members constantly show that there are no limits to human ignorance
"[This online community is] about the science-denying pseudo-intellectuals who think they know better than centuries of scientific understanding and aren't afraid to leave comments arguing even the most simple of concepts," the subreddit's moderators write on its 'About' page.
Theories? Evidence? Experiments? Reputable scientific methods aren't welcome here. This is the epitome of "My friend in the bar says..."
For more painfully ridiculous false statements, check out Bored Panda's first publication on the subreddit.
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Efforts to flood the world’s media with dishonest information or malicious content go to the very top.
Donald Trump derided any critical news coverage as “fake news” and his unwillingness to concede the 2020 presidential election eventually led to the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol.
For years, radio host Alex Jones denounced the parents of children slaughtered in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newton, Connecticut as "crisis actors." On August 5, 2022 he was ordered by a jury to pay more than US$49 million in damages to two families for defamation.
Who Wants To Start A Magnet Business With Me(Credits To R/Vaxxhappened)?
“The reason I’ve made such stupid decisions…” nah that’s all you mate
Someone Does Not Understand How Fruit Trees Are Seasonal
Ohio Back At It Again With The Real Science™
If this is true... the poor women of Ohio! Especially those who can't leave and leave the incredible misogynistic men (and their few brainwashed femal followers) to have the whole, then childless state to their own. Ruling it like they fancy until they extinct.
It's true, and ectopic pregnancies are life threatening because the can rupture the fallopian tube and the implanted embryo is already beyond saving by the time its discovered.
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A fine example of what happens when ignorant, conservative politicians think they have the right to pass legislation over women's bodies. These people don't even know how a woman's body functions, and yet they're allowed to make laws regarding them. This is some dystopian bull s**t.
I mean....there's not wanting abortion and then there's this. All of these people need to take a godd*mned basic health class to learn about the body and how things work because this is just about the dumbest thing i think i've ever heard. Also...what would be the point? You do know an ectopic pregnancy is not ever going to be brought to term? It will literally kill a woman by bursting her fallopian tube. There is literally no 'miracle' that can make an ectopic pregnancy viable. I cannot understand how these people are allowed to continue with this lunacy. At some point we have to say 'no more'. If someone claimed that there was no way they fathered a child because they only ever had sex at night and they believed that sperm were asleep at night and therefore you can't get pregnant...we'd say they were insane and laugh at them and go on with our day. But that's what this is. It's absolutely nuts and I would think it was coming from the Onion if it wasn't credited as the AP wire.
Right on. Loved the "sleeping sperm" comparison: definitely Onion material.
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The f**k. Why are they even bringing reproductive habits (or what this would be called) into politics?!?!?! If a woman doesn't want to have children and would like to end the pregnancy, let her get an abortion! They have plenty of other stuff to focus on, yet they choose to talk about and make laws about whether a woman should be allowed to do what they like if they didn't want to become pregnant!
It is now policy for the GQP to use any asinine excuse to control women. The Qpublican brain - tiny and ossified - doesn't care about children, it cares about control.
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I’m still trying to figure out republicans’ endgame with this b******t. If they’re actually thinking in the long term, which I highly doubt as it’s never been their MO in the past, I suspect it has to do with preventing white women from having abortions, in order to increase the white, and potentially republican, population. They seem to forget all women, including non-white women, can get pregnant and opt to have abortions. So it’ll also increase those potentially Democratic populations as well. Either that, or they’re trying to promote a huge baby boom of unwanted children to increase the population to the point where parents and institutions such as schools are overwhelmed, and cannot adequately care for and educate everyone. Then they’ll have more than enough enough fodder to draft for their unnecessary wars, plus fill their for-profit prisons. It’s like they have a desire to create a large, and woefully uneducated, permanent lower class of serfs, who are ignorant of their rights and will accept their “place” without question. Maybe the answer is simple; they’re only thinking in the very short term, basically the next election cycle. So they’re just using it as a political stance/stunt to get more votes and stay in office, without a thought as to how it will all shake out in the future—-which they don’t care about because they’ll all be dead by then. Either way, it reeks of fear of extinction, as their numbers are dwindling, and they’re scared shitless of becoming a marginalized minority. Something they so richly deserve.
What about this idea. All politicians are in hook for the tax dollars they waste when they propose stupid c**p like this. If it fails, they have to pay the costs of those that had to stop their lives in order to educate/ fight this level of stupid. We could step it up a notch and require that such proposals shall be tested on those proposing such stupidity. I'm sure that Majorie Green would be happy to stand with her fellow clowns and have this done. And why in the hell do we drug test every retail working or burger flipper but they guys making policy are exempt. Christ I'm so tired of the stupidity of the right.
No, all of them have to pay for raising the child until the age of 17. Total amount is $310,605 per kid paid upfront. So, take all the people that voted for these bills and divide the total amount between them. You guys think that that will change their tune?
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Screw the woman! Who cares if an ectopic pregnancy is a death sentence to her!! She's just a breathing incubator!!! (Sarcasm) seriously, F Ohio right now. I live here, and it's just mind blowing and disgusting. Dewine was basically like "oh what a shame/ sorry for your luck" about a young girl who was raped and impregnated by a family member...
Friendly reminder folks: election day is Tuesday,November 8th. For the love of god please vote the right people in. PLEASE! I'm begging you. The stupidity is going to destroy us all
These men in charge exhibit such level of uncommon stupidity, it is truly astonishing they are able to impregnate their own wives in the first place. They probably believe she just has to use the same toilet seat as them.
Do you know what happens when an ectopic pregnancy is not terminated? Only 1 outcome. Death to both mother & zygote.
This isn't even about abortion... an ectopic pregnancy is an emergency that will kill the woman if it is not treated immediately. And many women who want to get pregnant have ectopic pregnancies - my sister included, and she was devastated afterwards, after so and so many attempts to get pregnant... Luckily it all worked out later and she has 3 great kids now. But reading this article all I can say is, this is getting beyond insane and dangerous! And I'm so glad I don't live there!
Exactly! If the procedure would exist I think many women would choose that option over an abortion. But for now this is the only option
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This can't be true. It has never been illegal to abort an ectopic pregnancy because it will kill a woman. No one wants it to be illegal either.
It is not illegal now, either, but that hasn't stopped Republicans from suggesting it. It has happened in Oklahoma and Ohio so far.
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As someone who has had an ectopic pregnancy...this is absolutely horrific. I don't want to be graphic but there's no implanting what has to be scraped out.
And these monsters consider themselves to be the moral arbiter for the nation. We are in a sad place.
Yet another reason why crazy old cisgender men should have N O T H I N G to say about abortion rights.
Of course, the expert medical, informed, fact-based advisement from gynecologist is completely ignored... but the republican base is thrilled. Don't think this through, don't think critically, don't speak or listen to doctors familiar with the exact medical issue, but just support because it is creating another way to sever abortion rights. It sounds simple so they just vote yes. Never thinking of real ramifications. I thought there was an exception for women's heath? The ectopic pregnant alone can kill a woman, let alone attempting a medical miracle, which I'm sure they are "trusting God" to make this happen. What simpleton idiots.
To keep on living in this society, i HAVE TO believe this note is fake!
Time to rebrand Ectopic "Pregnancy" to Ectopic Growth or Ectopic Tumor or Ectopic Fibroid.
I will not live long enough (as I am End Stage COPD) to see Women take over Government and set the World to rights. Women Birth everyone in the World-Women Run Homes and Businesses and should, by default be Running Government. Women care more for others than others care for themselves.
I have an idea (Yeah, it happens ever so often.) But maybe those guys should have those ectopic pregnancies implanted into them.
Welcome to my hades....I've lived in Ohio my whole life. I did not vote for this pinhead btw....he did okay in the early pandemic in appointing a doctor who had a head on her shoulders (Dr. Amy Acton) as director of the health department until she realized that she didn't want to be part of it anymore and she resigned. She was getting death threats ffs! I'm so sick of the political drama and smear campaigns on TV I don't even look at any news stations anymore.
As a Texan that is very embarrassed by the archaic laws they have put into place down here, I am glad to see other states suffer from idiots as well. Makes me feel not so alone in this stupid debate!
From what I read, this provision was not enacted, but it's still ghastly that it was even considered. That said, the law that was passed is plenty horrible.
My grandfather came from Ohio. Thank the Powers he joined the army and left that freaking state.
If it's true, how can they demand a procedure to b done that doesn't exist. And MOST anti-abortion idiots r super religious, so hit them back with, why would God allow a baby to grow in a place inside Mom where it will die with there being no way to save it?! Seems to me God is saying that it's ok to not have that baby live
They also passed a law requiring doctors to un-deadify Ronald Reagan immediately.
We get the politicians we deserve. Don't believe the lies and the soundbites. Actually investigate someone's background. The majority of people who enter political life do so because they want power and will lie, cheat and manipulate their way into it.
OHIO? Who's that? I used to know them. Then they lost their mind. Now they're just another crazy town owned by the reich. Until they choose NOT to be. Ohio women, I'm talking to YOU!
I would love to say this is a bad joke, but it is absolutely real. I know of two Republican congressmen who have suggested a law like this...one in Ohio and one in Oklahoma. Further evidence of how unhinged the Republican party has become.
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States are passing laws to punish women who go to other states to get an abortion. If you go to a state where marijuana is legal, and you do some weed, and then come home, do you think your state should punish you for that? As to "suit your lifestyle"--what part of a deadly ectopic pregnancy is a "lifestyle"?
Load More Replies...According to Mathieu O'Neil, Associate Professor at the News and Media Research Centre of the University of Canberra and Michael Jensen, Associate Professor at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis of the University of Canberra, three schools of thought have emerged to address this issue.
"The first suggests disinformation is so pervasive because distrust of traditional sources of authority, including the news media, keeps increasing," the academics pointed out. "When people think the mainstream media is not holding industries and governments to account, they may be more likely to accept information that challenges conventional beliefs."
Worst Idea I've Ever Heard. Please Don't Give Me The Vaccine, Oh No, Please Dont
Facebook ‘Scientists’
If you look hard enough you could find "evidence" for most ridiculous "theories". The world is crazy.
'disappears'
The Article Is Making Fun Of You, Dale
"Secondly, social media platforms' focus on engagement often leads them to promote shocking claims that generate outrage, regardless of whether these claims are true," O'Neil and Jensen added.
"Indeed, studies show false information on social media spreads further, faster, and deeper than true information because it is more novel and surprising."
This Is No Asteroid Hole
The Dumb S**t That Shows Up On My Facebook Feed
Ow My Finances
I Would Like To See Your Evidence, Lindsay
And lastly, the role of hostile and deliberate disinformation tactics cannot be overlooked.
"Facebook estimates that during the 2016 US election, malicious content from the Russian Internet Research Agency aimed at creating division within the American voting public reached 126 million people in the US and worldwide," O'Neil and Jensen said to illustrate this point.
Found This Recently
This Family Friend's Facebook Account Is A Gem
Terrible Science, But I'd Watch This Movie
Iced wall, monsters on the other side our weapons are no good against them...Now where have I watched this???? https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/game-of-thrones-the-wall-explained.html
Covid 19 Does Exist
Edit only to add thanks and for clarification. My SO was a kind dear man, who played Santa Claus at nursing homes and literally rescued every lost kitty he ever met. We had very good years. And I live in assisted Living. That's why I lost so many. Plus we were very hard hit. We're rural, and in the first wave we had 75 cases. It's still active. I want to make this person to forcibly French kiss a known COVID ridden petri dish every day for 14 days. I lost my SO of 16 years, and 27 other friends to COVID. The only reason I really wouldn't do it,is I don't know any COVID petri dishes I dislike that much. This one infuriates me. .
So what can we do? Bradley Crocker, Lecturer & Ph.D. Candidate in Health Psychology at McGill University, thinks that in order to be saved from misinformation, we need to be exposed to it.
"Efforts to remove and label misinformation on social media platforms may help, but a more pertinent question is whether these efforts can match the rapid pace of misinformation spread," Crocker wondered. "In response to the growing pressure to control misinformation on their platforms, social media giants have generally relied on reactively removing or labeling false content after it’s widely noticed and reported."
False Equivalency Bro
"The Lack Of Humility Before Nature That's Being Displayed Here, Uh... Staggers Me."
The Government Wants To Control Your... Brians?
Corona Cult
Even if social media giants manage to crack down on misinformation on their platforms, what about the rest of the internet?
Rumble, for example, offered to host Joe Rogan on its video-streaming platform with no censorship.
What's to stop content creators and common users from turning to websites that are outside the jurisdiction of democratic lawmakers?
F**k, I Must Have A Negative Iq Score
For f**k's fatherly sake, my fruity IQ is so freaking low now, it's fifty feet into the ground.
Viruses Are A Myth
Health Tips From The Insane
"Your body shouldn't be hit by hard objects" Yeah, I'd like to avoid that when I'm not on my period, too...thanks
Til You Can Cure Cancer By Screaming In A Cave
"If encountering online misinformation is inevitable, our best approach to mitigate its effects may be to improve users’ abilities to recognize and dismiss it," Crocker said. "One of the most promising ways to do this uses experiential learning, stemming from something called inoculation theory."
"Inoculation theory is based on an analogy between resistance to persuasion and resistance to contagious disease. Just as exposing individuals to a weakened pathogen helps to protect them against severe illness (vaccination), tactfully exposing individuals to weakened forms of misinformation can improve their ability to recognize and resist it."
So I guess, in a way, the subreddit 'Facebook Science' is making the internet not only more fun but also safer.
Biology Lesson
No me, a biological female, having a similar collarbone.
No, He Would Be Dead
Manufactured Government Fog
Every time someone starts throwing the term "Orwellian" around like this I feel pretty damn confident in assuming they've never read a word that man actually wrote.
They Probably Think It’s Dead Babies
That Settles It. The Fires Are Fooling Us
The fires are not allowed to cross the border without a visa - well played, Mexico!
Wake Up
#idonotconsent
Posted on FB, which tracks you and knows just about everything about you.
Globe Lies
Yes, I'm Sure About That. You Forgot To Mention The Extremely Low Density Of The Atmosphere Up There
Expert Scientists Bad Because Fictional Boat Better Than Real Boat
I Posted This On R/Flatearth Someone Told Me I Should Post It Here Too
There's A Lot To Unpack In This One
We learned that the racists, misogynists, narrow-minded idiots, and plain ol' douchebags are even more asinine when they don't have anything better to do. Someone should've sent them fidget spinners.
This One Made Me Irrationally Angry
Yikes
Engineers Are Bad
Water Thoughts Only 🙏
It’s Just A Joke!!
Corona Hoax
This Was Posted Seriously
Really? I thought they were stolen from their carrot parents by the liberal elite who eat them!!!
Just A Theory!
Lmao My Kids Would Freak Out If I Taped This To Them
Nasa Just Need To Use Toilet Seats, It’s Cheaper
"I'm A Climate Denier. I Don't Have To Be On The Defensive"
Vacines Bad
I love how the only evidence these people have is "I don't like the billionaires, so they must've made a vaccine to kill us all".
I Cu Out There Not Using Copper Cups
Note: this post originally had 117 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
Things like this used to be funny. Now the sheer mass of willful utter stupidity gets depressing.
I saw a story today that people are cooking chicken in Nyquil. That should probably be on this list 😂
This "trend" could have deadly or very serious consequences as heating up some medications makes them more potent. And you don't even have to eat it just inhaling the vapors can cause exposure. Please don't do this people and if you have kids please hide the NyQuil. Acetaminophen overdose can cause liver failure and death within 72 hours
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The absolute irony here is that these same science deniers are using an electronic device created with scientific theory to spread the word that science is false and doesn't work. Or when they try and use the scientific method to "prove" their wonky ideas. Here's something to chew on. Outrageous claims require the person stating the claim to prove the claim. Nobody has the obligation to disapprove it. So if I were to state that the sky is just a TV screen, there is no burden on anyone to disprove that statement. The whole obligation falls to me, the original claimant, to offer overwhelming proof that my claim is correct.
I have the time, and after this post, I have the motivation and reasoning to support it. I’m seeing 117 images so there are at least 117 people on the hit list.
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I am silently wondering if our world is even salvageable. These kinds of people will always exist, no matter what. It makes me absolutely sick.
We TRIED to weed the worst of them out with the bleach injections and Tide Pods, but it just wasn't enough.
Load More Replies... Just appalled. so many people so proud of their ignorant ill-conceived ideas that they trumpet about it all over the place.
I have a migraine now. And possibly deep depression at knowing I share the planet with these people. I definitely lost a lot of brain cells after this.
Science is not *easy*, ergo people prefer other explanations. Even if they may not actively be anti-vax to start, for example, they may still fall for anti-vax propaganda. Their emotions will cloud their intellect. It's a failing of the species. We're not terribly advanced, in some ways.
Well, I think I lost a good few brain cells reading all of this. But then again, what else was I expecting, right?
Aside from the parts where people have suffered actual pain from the real issues here, the related fallacies, or any of their implications, the comments sections of this thread are really entertaining.
I wonder how many of these looney posts are made by people in the USA? And you wonder why the rest of the world laughs at you...
I guess that, regardless of the global effects of these issues, there are always going to be people like you who can't help but actively promote their hatred and bias. Whatever happened to you, I'm sorry, and I hope you find peace.
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hey do your research sheeple the truth is out there. /s
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Worrying that people like these are in charge of some places. Nice to know our safety can depend on them.
I need a conspiracy cleanse after reading this list. I'm going to go watch miniminuteman on yt for a while and watch him debunk ancient aliens and tell me about cool archaeology.
If only these people would use theirs skills of reasoning and deduction for science, instead of making connections and stories where there are none. Waste of human potential.
They have zero skills of reasoning and deduction that is precisely the problem.
Load More Replies... Most are absolute b******t but I do wish people would be more critical and skeptical on science and governments and their intentions. Don't be too naive and ask questions
There's a thing called a journal. You just google "journal of whatever -international" and replace "whatever" with the item you want. E.g. "journal of pharmacology". You can also look at BioRxiv an similar. "Science" and "Governemnt" are not monolithic things. Governments can barely get a competent invasion together nevermind a global conspiracy. Scientists work in hundreds of different research areas. You don't get to lump them together.
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I just did. This "fact" was cited by an overwhelming 2 sources. One from "Christian Headlines", and the other from "The Daily Wire", which is the brainchild of that prominent scientist and towering intellectual, Ben Shapiro. Oh, well.
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Things like this used to be funny. Now the sheer mass of willful utter stupidity gets depressing.
I saw a story today that people are cooking chicken in Nyquil. That should probably be on this list 😂
This "trend" could have deadly or very serious consequences as heating up some medications makes them more potent. And you don't even have to eat it just inhaling the vapors can cause exposure. Please don't do this people and if you have kids please hide the NyQuil. Acetaminophen overdose can cause liver failure and death within 72 hours
Load More Replies... The absolute irony here is that these same science deniers are using an electronic device created with scientific theory to spread the word that science is false and doesn't work. Or when they try and use the scientific method to "prove" their wonky ideas. Here's something to chew on. Outrageous claims require the person stating the claim to prove the claim. Nobody has the obligation to disapprove it. So if I were to state that the sky is just a TV screen, there is no burden on anyone to disprove that statement. The whole obligation falls to me, the original claimant, to offer overwhelming proof that my claim is correct.
I have the time, and after this post, I have the motivation and reasoning to support it. I’m seeing 117 images so there are at least 117 people on the hit list.
Load More Replies... I am silently wondering if our world is even salvageable. These kinds of people will always exist, no matter what. It makes me absolutely sick.
We TRIED to weed the worst of them out with the bleach injections and Tide Pods, but it just wasn't enough.
Load More Replies... Just appalled. so many people so proud of their ignorant ill-conceived ideas that they trumpet about it all over the place.
I have a migraine now. And possibly deep depression at knowing I share the planet with these people. I definitely lost a lot of brain cells after this.
Science is not *easy*, ergo people prefer other explanations. Even if they may not actively be anti-vax to start, for example, they may still fall for anti-vax propaganda. Their emotions will cloud their intellect. It's a failing of the species. We're not terribly advanced, in some ways.
Well, I think I lost a good few brain cells reading all of this. But then again, what else was I expecting, right?
Aside from the parts where people have suffered actual pain from the real issues here, the related fallacies, or any of their implications, the comments sections of this thread are really entertaining.
I wonder how many of these looney posts are made by people in the USA? And you wonder why the rest of the world laughs at you...
I guess that, regardless of the global effects of these issues, there are always going to be people like you who can't help but actively promote their hatred and bias. Whatever happened to you, I'm sorry, and I hope you find peace.
Load More Replies... hey do your research sheeple the truth is out there. /s
Load More Replies... Worrying that people like these are in charge of some places. Nice to know our safety can depend on them.
I need a conspiracy cleanse after reading this list. I'm going to go watch miniminuteman on yt for a while and watch him debunk ancient aliens and tell me about cool archaeology.
If only these people would use theirs skills of reasoning and deduction for science, instead of making connections and stories where there are none. Waste of human potential.
They have zero skills of reasoning and deduction that is precisely the problem.
Load More Replies... Most are absolute b******t but I do wish people would be more critical and skeptical on science and governments and their intentions. Don't be too naive and ask questions
There's a thing called a journal. You just google "journal of whatever -international" and replace "whatever" with the item you want. E.g. "journal of pharmacology". You can also look at BioRxiv an similar. "Science" and "Governemnt" are not monolithic things. Governments can barely get a competent invasion together nevermind a global conspiracy. Scientists work in hundreds of different research areas. You don't get to lump them together.
Load More Replies... I just did. This "fact" was cited by an overwhelming 2 sources. One from "Christian Headlines", and the other from "The Daily Wire", which is the brainchild of that prominent scientist and towering intellectual, Ben Shapiro. Oh, well.
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