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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.
#3
Who Wants To Start A Magnet Business With Me(Credits To R/Vaxxhappened)?
ThatBiBookLover 3 years ago
“The reason I’ve made such stupid decisions…” nah that’s all you mate
#4
Someone Does Not Understand How Fruit Trees Are Seasonal
#5
Ohio Back At It Again With The Real Science™
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."
#6
Worst Idea I've Ever Heard. Please Don't Give Me The Vaccine, Oh No, Please Dont
#7
Facebook ‘Scientists’
Groundcontroltomajortom 3 years ago
If you look hard enough you could find "evidence" for most ridiculous "theories". The world is crazy.
#8
'disappears'
#9
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."
#10
This Is No Asteroid Hole
#11
The Dumb S**t That Shows Up On My Facebook Feed
#12
Ow My Finances
#13
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.
#14
Found This Recently
#15
This Family Friend's Facebook Account Is A Gem
#16
Terrible Science, But I'd Watch This Movie
Graham Chapman 3 years ago
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
#17
Covid 19 Does Exist
Sheila Stamey 3 years ago (edited)
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."
#18
False Equivalency Bro
#19
"The Lack Of Humility Before Nature That's Being Displayed Here, Uh... Staggers Me."
#20
The Government Wants To Control Your... Brians?
#21
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?
#22
F**k, I Must Have A Negative Iq Score
Serial pacifist 3 years ago
For f**k's fatherly sake, my fruity IQ is so freaking low now, it's fifty feet into the ground.
#23
Viruses Are A Myth
#24
Health Tips From The Insane
Chocolate llama 3 years ago
"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
#25
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.
#26
Biology Lesson
Persephone hates Pomegranate 3 years ago
No me, a biological female, having a similar collarbone.
#27
No, He Would Be Dead
Geetha s 3 years ago
Soooo... shall we throw a pregnant women into a blackhole to get a Superman?? when are we doing that??
Solidhog 3 years ago
I can come up with a very long list of people we could throw in that would help mankind.
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Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Spaghetti man! Able to lasso meatballs with a single strand!
Load More Replies... Aoife Lorris 3 years ago
Hmmm... I'm not sure if these experiment results are valid. Have they performed at least three trials? I don't think so.
Alan Foster 3 years ago
Logically, this is true, since no one is born in a black hole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuous_truth
Kelly Hartle 3 years ago
No, according to theoretical physicists, a person thrown into a black hole would become "spaghettified"--elongated and because of the effect that the black hole has on the speed of light, they would never seem to disappear. Sometimes the truth truly is stranger than fiction.
1.21Gigawatts?! 3 years ago
Side geek out: It’s insane that they managed to photograph a black hole, which is basically invisible!
#28
Manufactured Government Fog
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
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.
#29
They Probably Think It’s Dead Babies
#30
That Settles It. The Fires Are Fooling Us
grosse_daus 3 years ago
The fires are not allowed to cross the border without a visa - well played, Mexico!
#31
Wake Up
#32
#idonotconsent
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Posted on FB, which tracks you and knows just about everything about you.
#33
Globe Lies
#34
Yes, I'm Sure About That. You Forgot To Mention The Extremely Low Density Of The Atmosphere Up There
#35
Expert Scientists Bad Because Fictional Boat Better Than Real Boat
#36
I Posted This On R/Flatearth Someone Told Me I Should Post It Here Too
#37
There's A Lot To Unpack In This One
SerumSeven 3 years ago
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.
#38
This One Made Me Irrationally Angry
#39
Yikes
#40
Engineers Are Bad
#41
Water Thoughts Only 🙏
#42
It’s Just A Joke!!
#44
This Was Posted Seriously
phil blanque 3 years ago
Really? I thought they were stolen from their carrot parents by the liberal elite who eat them!!!
#45
Just A Theory!
#46
Lmao My Kids Would Freak Out If I Taped This To Them
#47
Nasa Just Need To Use Toilet Seats, It’s Cheaper
#48
"I'm A Climate Denier. I Don't Have To Be On The Defensive"
#49
Vacines Bad
Alienking06 3 years ago
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".
#50
I Cu Out There Not Using Copper Cups
#51
The Lamp Turns Off At Night, Duh
#52
#think
#53
"So What Exactly Is Gravity?" She Asks
#54
Ancient Silicon Trees
#55
Cars Have 5g Antennas
#56
Children’s Shows Are Also Factual
#57
Space Bad
#58
Can Not Calculate
#59
Transgender
#60
The Illuminati
#61
Trappuccino
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Encyclopedia Britannica? No, I'll just learn my geology by watching cartoons, thanks.
#62
I Know I Probably Post Way Too Much On This Sub, But My Facebook Feed Is Just Wooden Ducks At A Target Range
#63
Here's A Shell Embedded In A Rock. Checkmate Agnostics
#64
Yes. That Is Absurd
#66
The More You Know
#67
One Eye
#68
Nasa Is Untrustworthy
Persephone hates Pomegranate 3 years ago
Actually, Apollo is the Greek God of theatre, oracle and music! He also is the god of the sun, which he drives around the Earth in his sun chariot. Greek Mythology is amazing.
#69
A Vaccine Being 95% Successful Means It Kills 5% Of Test Subjects
#70
Y'all Ever Come Across A Facebook Post With Five Paragraphs Of Bullshit That Is Just So Much That You Don't Even Bother Trying To Post It Here? This Is Literally All That Was Salvageable
#71
Doctors Are Idiots
#72
This Ad, On Reddit! (Idk How To Flair This)
#73
My Mom's Best Friend Found The Cure
#74
It's Called Carbon Dating
Nilsen 3 years ago
It's actual countin in fish too. In the inner ears of fish there are otholites, small stone like structures, that help them keeping balance, indicating up/down, etc. These otholites grow a fraction of a milimeter each year and by cutting them in half and looking through a microscope you can count the rings.
#75
The Facebook Phds Are At It Again
#76
"I Was Diagnosed With Satan, But It Was Removed With Surgery"
#77
Spot The Racist
Persephone hates Pomegranate 3 years ago (edited)
Sorry to my fellow humans, as a black person I... uh... I mean.... UH UH UH (thumps chest)
#78
This Is Stupid
#79
I Don't Even Know What To Say About This
#80
Greta Thunberg Is In The Illuminati
#81
Christmas Is Controlled By The Illuminati
#83
Do Your Research On Vaccines
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
They do. They just come to a different conclusion than you do, so you just put your fingers in your ears, sing lalalala and say they didn't 'Do THe rESearCh'.
#84
"Perception"
#86
This Trash Went To Space
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
I have decided to believe that snow is actually made of bar soap. Whenever it snows, angels grate the soap, which falls down to Heaven.
#88
Humans Aren't Angels, Therefore Evolution Is False
#89
I Dont Really Have Anything To Say It Kinda Just Speaks For Itself. Morons Calling Fucking Einstein A Pseudoscientist
#90
Disease Expert
IDK_Something 3 years ago
Wait, I thought we learned earlier that higher Ph is acidic?! I just can't with these 🤣
#91
Gaming Is Satanic
SheamusFanFrom1987 3 years ago
At the rate that some Christians are ruining the religion for me, I'mma go sit at my PC now and play GTA Online.
#92
Woman Who Shared This Was My Non-Verbal Adult Sister’s Healthcare Aid For Years. Sincerely Hope She Never Tried Any ‘Cures’ With Her In Private To Fix Her ‘Vaccine Triggered Autism’
#93
One Of Mankind's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries
#94
A Girl In The Comments Sincerely Said “So This Is Why One Of My Sons Came Out White”
#95
Climate Change Is A Curse And Not Caused By Carbon Emissions, Apparently
Elliot Fowler 3 years ago
Well, companies are destroying the environment and causing climate change mainly because of their greed. Greed is a sin so she is technically right.
#96
Plan E.t
#97
Spongebob Is God?
#98
This Can Be Arranged
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
I hate the test too, but how can your life be so horrible that you'd rather die than get a test?
#99
Doesn’t Sound Too Bad
#100
I Really Like This Guy As A Person So It Makes It Extra Sucky When He Keeps His Tin Foil Hat Well Shined And Is Constantly Posting Anti-Vaxx And Flat Earth Images
General Anaesthesia 3 years ago (edited)
Is this a spokesthing for the ACME Iron Lung Manufactory?
#101
Excellent Advice To Share About The Pandemic To Help Those Around You On A Day To Day Basis
#102
What Food Is Turquoise?
#104
Walking Around Barefoot Isn’t Going To Pick Up Any Extra Antioxidants But It Might Get You Some Nice Hookworms
Maciej Zajaczkowski 3 years ago
Walking barefoot has other benefits though like better balance and sensory connection with feet. Hookworms also occur in only the lower latitudes and tropics in areas with bad sanitation
#105
I Believe In Science
#106
But The Scientists Say So
#108
Twin Towers
Aunt Messy 3 years ago
So someone has WAY too much time on their hands, how many times did they watch the movie?
#109
Only One Disease Can Have This List Of Symptoms. Checkmate, Covid19
#110
Facebook Is...just... Goddammit
#112
Seriously?
#113
Darwin Was Wrong Because Of.. Ancient Egypt?
#114
This Will Definitely Help
#115
I Guess Telling People “I’m Gonna Be Nicer This Year” Was Too Simple
#116
Vaccines Are Bad
#117
Why The Difference? Or Sources? Or Any Context?
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General Anaesthesia 3 years ago
Things like this used to be funny. Now the sheer mass of willful utter stupidity gets depressing.
zak 3 years ago
I saw a story today that people are cooking chicken in Nyquil. That should probably be on this list 😂
KimB 3 years ago
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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Jerry Mathers 3 years ago
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.
T5n 3 years ago
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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M. 3 years ago
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.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
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... Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
Just appalled. so many people so proud of their ignorant ill-conceived ideas that they trumpet about it all over the place.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago (edited)
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.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
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.
SheamusFanFrom1987 3 years ago
Well, I think I lost a good few brain cells reading all of this. But then again, what else was I expecting, right?
SerumSeven 3 years ago
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.
Anna Ekberg 3 years ago
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...
SerumSeven 3 years ago
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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censorshipsucks 3 years ago
hey do your research sheeple the truth is out there. /s
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Will Cable 3 years ago
Worrying that people like these are in charge of some places. Nice to know our safety can depend on them.
Izzy Curer 3 years ago
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.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
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.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
They have zero skills of reasoning and deduction that is precisely the problem.
Load More Replies... Roland 3 years ago
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
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
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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Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
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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General Anaesthesia 3 years ago
Things like this used to be funny. Now the sheer mass of willful utter stupidity gets depressing.
zak 3 years ago
I saw a story today that people are cooking chicken in Nyquil. That should probably be on this list 😂
KimB 3 years ago
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... Jerry Mathers 3 years ago
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.
T5n 3 years ago
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... M. 3 years ago
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.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
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... Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
Just appalled. so many people so proud of their ignorant ill-conceived ideas that they trumpet about it all over the place.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago (edited)
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.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
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.
SheamusFanFrom1987 3 years ago
Well, I think I lost a good few brain cells reading all of this. But then again, what else was I expecting, right?
SerumSeven 3 years ago
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.
Anna Ekberg 3 years ago
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...
SerumSeven 3 years ago
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... censorshipsucks 3 years ago
hey do your research sheeple the truth is out there. /s
Load More Replies... Will Cable 3 years ago
Worrying that people like these are in charge of some places. Nice to know our safety can depend on them.
Izzy Curer 3 years ago
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.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
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.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
They have zero skills of reasoning and deduction that is precisely the problem.
Load More Replies... Roland 3 years ago
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
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
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... Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
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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