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I Don't Need Nonsense, I Need Data
Astronomy Science Research
14 days ago 15.8K views 0 shares
I Don't Need Nonsense, I Need Data
The eternal battle between actual science and pseudoscience strikes again! 3I/ATLAS is a real comet discovered in 2019, but instead of discussing its fascinating orbital parameters or composition, people would rather speculate about alien motherships and doomsday prophecies. Real astronomers are sitting there with terabytes of spectroscopic data while conspiracy theorists are busy claiming it's a UFO with its headlights on. Astronomers don't just want data—they need it like oxygen. The mythical interpretations might get more clicks, but they won't get you published in the Astrophysical Journal. Just another day of scientists screaming into the void while social media decides comets are actually intergalactic tour buses.

The Enemy Of My Enemy... I Guess 🤷
Medicine Science Conspiracy Research
26 days ago 13.8K views 0 shares
The Enemy Of My Enemy... I Guess 🤷
The meme perfectly captures that bizarre moment in science discourse when completely opposing groups accidentally end up on the same side of an argument—for wildly different reasons! Scientists are trying to pull the rope of truth about autism causes, while suddenly finding themselves in an awkward tug-of-war alliance with anti-vaxxers, RFK Jr., and Trump supporters who've reached the correct conclusion (vaccines don't cause autism) but through conspiracy-laden paths. It's like discovering your mortal enemy also hates pineapple on pizza. Do you... high-five them? The confused "WTAF" face at the end is every rational person watching these unexpected alliances form in the wild world of science communication. Science makes strange bedfellows indeed!

From Cloning Sheep To Defending Spheres
Science Scientists Astronomy Conspiracy Biology
3 months ago 11.1K views 0 shares
From Cloning Sheep To Defending Spheres
The scientific progress pendulum has swung wildly! In the 90s, we had Dolly the sheep (first cloned mammal in 1996) and the Sojourner rover cruising Mars (1997) - groundbreaking achievements that expanded our understanding of genetics and space exploration! Fast forward to today, and scientists are having to repeatedly explain that the Earth isn't flat to a growing community of conspiracy theorists. The asterisks around "round" perfectly capture that exasperated tone of someone who's explained this basic fact for the thousandth time. It's the perfect encapsulation of how scientific communication sometimes feels like taking two steps forward and one giant leap backward. From cloning mammals to debating shapes we've known since ancient Greece... what a time to be alive!

The Half-Life Of Scientific Consensus
Astronomy Universe Conspiracy Science Earth-science
4 months ago 10.4K views 0 shares
The Half-Life Of Scientific Consensus
The speed at which scientific consensus crumbles is truly terrifying. From geocentrism to flat Earth to alien conspiracy theories—our collective "knowledge" has the half-life of a radioactive isotope. The punchline hits harder than peer review rejection: whatever groundbreaking discovery you're celebrating today will probably be tomorrow's historical footnote. Just wait until next week when we discover that gravity was actually tiny invisible elephants pushing us down this whole time.

When Reality 'Hits' Hard (Quite Literally)
Conspiracy Science Astronomy
4 months ago 9.9K views 0 shares
When Reality 'Hits' Hard (Quite Literally)
This is what happens when conspiracy theories collide with parental naming logic! The first two panels follow a sweet pattern - Rose was named because a rose fell on her head, Daisy because a daisy fell on her head... then BOOM! The punchline hits harder than that brick must have! 😂 The moon landing conspiracy believer got named "Brick" for obvious reasons, and now sports that classic tinfoil-hat energy we all know and love. The perfect illustration of how some folks' reasoning skills got permanently dented somewhere along the way!

When Scientific Literacy Hits Rock Bottom
Conspiracy Climate Science Earth-science
4 months ago 13.5K views 0 shares
When Scientific Literacy Hits Rock Bottom
Fascinating how we've reached the point where science educators must make videos explaining that no, the government doesn't have a secret weather machine to generate hurricanes. Next up: "Water is indeed wet" and "The Earth isn't being carried through space on the back of a giant turtle." The bar for scientific literacy keeps getting lower with each conspiracy theory. At this rate, we'll need PhDs to explain that rain isn't God's tears.

From Cloning Sheep To Defending Spheres
Science Scientists Earth-science Astronomy Conspiracy
5 months ago 14.2K views 0 shares
From Cloning Sheep To Defending Spheres
Remember when science was all about groundbreaking achievements? The 90s gave us Dolly the sheep (first cloned mammal!) and Mars Pathfinder rolling around the red planet. Fast forward to today, and scientists are stuck explaining that the Earth isn't actually flat to people with internet access and high school diplomas. It's like watching Nobel Prize winners argue with someone who thinks gravity is "just a theory." The scientific regression is real—we went from splitting atoms to debating shapes!

Correlation Equals Causation: The Conspiracy Theorist's Handbook
Conspiracy Engineering Academia Science
6 months ago 14.1K views 0 shares
Correlation Equals Causation: The Conspiracy Theorist's Handbook
The pandemic timeline according to conspiracy theorists! First, classes move online because of COVID. Then, mysteriously, "COVID engineers" graduate and enter the workforce. And suddenly—planes start falling out of the sky? Twice?! Because obviously, engineering education works better in person when you can physically touch the laws of aerodynamics. This perfectly captures how conspiracy minds connect completely unrelated events with imaginary causation. Remote learning → unqualified engineers → aviation disasters. Next they'll blame the microchips in vaccines for making pilots forget how to fly!