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Science Doesn't Care About Your Opinion

Science Doesn't Care About Your Opinion
Taking the red pill of reality here! Facts don't negotiate with feelings, and gravity doesn't pause because you're having a bad hair day. The universe operates on laws that continue working whether you believe in them or not. Jump off a building while denying gravity? The sidewalk will quickly schedule a peer review of your hypothesis. Science is that friend who tells you the brutal truth instead of what you want to hear.

The Missing Brain Scan Results

The Missing Brain Scan Results
The doctors performing this brain scan just discovered the rarest specimen in scientific history - someone who genuinely believes wind turbines are worse for the environment than coal plants! 🧠❌ Fun fact: A single coal plant produces more pollution in a day than a wind turbine will in its entire 20+ year lifespan. But sure, those spinning blades are totally the real environmental villains. Next up: claiming solar panels are causing global warming because they're "stealing the sun's energy." 💀

Conspiracy Inception: When The Moon Is Too Mainstream

Conspiracy Inception: When The Moon Is Too Mainstream
The beautiful irony of conspiracy logic! First they claim the moon landing was staged, then they hit you with "you believe in the moon?" It's like arguing with someone who keeps moving the goalposts to another dimension entirely. I've spent 40 years teaching astronomy, and nothing prepared me for people who think NASA is simultaneously incompetent enough to fake a landing AND powerful enough to maintain a planetary hologram. Next they'll tell you gravity is just a feeling you get when the government turns down the simulation settings.

The Non-Overlapping Magisteria Of Common Sense

The Non-Overlapping Magisteria Of Common Sense
The most devastating Venn diagram in scientific history - two completely separate circles with zero overlap. On one side, we have "People who drink raw milk" and on the other "People who listen to experts." The H5N1 avian flu warning just adds that special chef's kiss of relevance. It's basically natural selection illustrated in geometric form. The raw milk enthusiasts are out there confidently playing Russian roulette with their digestive systems while virologists collectively bang their heads against lab benches. Pasteurization was invented in 1862, folks. That's not "Big Dairy" propaganda - that's just giving harmful microbes a proper death sentence before they give you one.

100% Pharmaceutical Research

100% Pharmaceutical Research
The irony is off the charts! Katie's worried about what's in a scientifically developed vaccine but has zero hesitation snorting mystery powder at a party. The human brain is fascinating - we'll scrutinize medicine developed by thousands of scientists over years, but happily inhale substances from a sketchy source without a second thought. Cognitive dissonance: it's not just a fancy psychology term, it's a lifestyle choice!

The Non-Overlapping Magisteria Of Milk Choices

The Non-Overlapping Magisteria Of Milk Choices
The perfect mathematical representation of raw milk enthusiasts and science believers! Notice how the Venn diagram shows two completely separate circles with zero overlap? That's not a design error—it's the punchline! H5N1 is a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that can occasionally infect mammals, including cows. Despite clear warnings from epidemiologists about potential zoonotic transmission, raw milk devotees remain steadfastly committed to their unpasteurized lifestyle choices. Pasteurization exists for a reason, folks! It's like watching two parallel universes: one where germ theory is accepted and another where "natural immunity" trumps basic microbiology. The scientific method and conspiracy theories truly are non-overlapping magisteria!

The Inconvenient Nuclear Truth

The Inconvenient Nuclear Truth
The eternal energy debate in one perfect comic! Our adventurous explorer finally discovers the "Scroll of Truth" after 15 years, only to find out nuclear energy is actually clean and feasible. Cue the immediate scroll-tossing and screaming when this conflicts with their Greenpeace worldview! 🙃 It's that classic moment when scientific evidence crashes headfirst into deeply held beliefs. Nuclear energy produces zero carbon emissions during operation and has one of the smallest environmental footprints of any energy source—yet remains wildly controversial despite the data. Sometimes the hardest truth to accept is the one that challenges everything you've been fighting for!

Ethanol: The Poison We Choose

Ethanol: The Poison We Choose
Chemists: "Ethanol is quite poisonous, so don't drink it." Meanwhile, humans have built entire industries, social rituals, and weekend plans around consuming precisely that toxin. The liver, nature's most dedicated chemical engineer, silently weeps while converting ethanol to acetaldehyde (which is, ironically, even more toxic). Classic human behavior - ignoring scientific warnings when they interfere with having a good time. The LD50 is just a suggestion, apparently.

Conservative Math: When 3×2=Liberal Propaganda

Conservative Math: When 3×2=Liberal Propaganda
The perfect satire of science denial in mathematical form! Someone's claiming that multiplication is a liberal conspiracy and 3×2 can only equal 5 or 1 (addition or subtraction). It's basically the mathematical equivalent of saying "I reject your reality and substitute my own." The parallel to biology deniers who only accept the parts of science that fit their worldview is *chef's kiss* perfect. Next up: gravity is just a theory, so I'm not falling—I'm choosing to accelerate toward Earth at 9.8 m/s²!

Pick One, Climate Deniers!

Pick One, Climate Deniers!
The classic climate denier paradox in action! These folks really be sweating bullets trying to decide which contradictory argument to use today. "It's too cold for global warming" or "It's supposed to be hot, duh!" 🤔 Fun fact: Weather is what happens today, climate is what happens over decades. It's like judging a whole Netflix series by watching 10 seconds of one episode. Climate science doesn't care about your confused button-pressing!

Climate Change Deniers Be Like

Climate Change Deniers Be Like
The perfect illustration of faulty logic! Just because you're experiencing a cold day doesn't disprove global climate trends, just like darkness doesn't mean the sun vanished from existence! 🌡️❄️ It's like saying "I just ate, therefore world hunger is solved!" Weather ≠ climate, folks! Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get. The same person probably thinks their refrigerator disproves thermodynamics because *gasp* it makes things colder! 🤪

The Green Screen In The Sky

The Green Screen In The Sky
Fascinating. Someone who thinks the absence of atmospheric light scattering is evidence of a film studio. Next they'll tell us astronauts float because they're hanging from invisible strings. The irony is that without an atmosphere to scatter light, you'd expect exactly what we see - a bright sun against a black backdrop. But sure, NASA hired Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landing and he insisted on shooting on location.