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Metric Is 10 X Easier
Science Engineering
17 days ago 3.2K views 0 shares
Metric Is 10 X Easier
Grandma's hot take on measurement systems is the scientific equivalent of saying "I walked uphill both ways to school!" The metric system—with its beautiful powers-of-10 simplicity—watches in horror as someone defends a system where water freezes at 32°F and boils at 212°F instead of the logical 0°C and 100°C. Meanwhile, engineers everywhere silently scream remembering that time NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because someone confused imperial with metric units. The rest of the world just sips tea in base-10 contentment.

They Must Have Had A Terrific Father-Son Relationship
Physics Scientists Science Research Academia
3 months ago 7.3K views 0 shares
They Must Have Had A Terrific Father-Son Relationship
The ultimate scientific family drama! J.J. Thomson won the Nobel Prize for proving electrons are particles, then his son George won it for proving they're waves. Talk about contradicting your dad's life work! Quantum mechanics eventually revealed they're both right—electrons exhibit wave-particle duality depending on how you observe them. The "OK boomer" comeback is especially brilliant since George's discovery literally boomed past his father's classical physics. Thanksgiving dinner conversations must have been absolutely electric in that household.

The Selective Skepticism Paradox
Climate Science Scientists Research
3 months ago 7.4K views 0 shares
The Selective Skepticism Paradox
The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one! The meme brilliantly captures the selective skepticism phenomenon where peer-reviewed climate science gets dismissed with a casual "sounds fake," but random candy conspiracies trigger immediate wide-eyed belief. It's the scientific equivalent of ignoring the flashing check engine light while panicking about your car's cup holder being slightly sticky. The 97% scientific consensus figure is actually legit—it's from multiple studies showing overwhelming agreement among climate scientists. Meanwhile, blue M&Ms contain the same dye (Blue #1) that's been FDA-approved since 1969. But why let decades of rigorous research get in the way of a good Facebook panic?