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The Bell Curve Of Scientific Humility
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1 month ago 10.2K views 0 shares
The Bell Curve Of Scientific Humility
The bell curve of scientific intelligence strikes again! While the intellectual peasants and geniuses humbly admit biology and quantum physics are beyond complete comprehension, the mediocre middle-IQ crowd proudly declares "sodium is fizzy lol" with unearned confidence. It's the perfect illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect in science—those who know just enough to be dangerous but not enough to recognize the vast ocean of their ignorance. The truly brilliant minds and the beginners both share a healthy respect for complexity, while everyone else is busy making TikToks about baking soda volcanoes.

The Evolution Of Understanding Air
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The Evolution Of Understanding Air
The evolution of understanding air is basically the scientific version of puberty. First, you start with "air is a gas" - simple, straightforward, what every normal person thinks. Then you hit high school physics and suddenly air "doesn't exist" because everything is just particles in a vacuum with empty space between them. Finally, you reach university physics and transcend to "air is a fluid" - treating gases and liquids under the unified umbrella of fluid dynamics. The glowing brain perfectly captures that moment when you realize Newton's equations don't care about your elementary school labels!

Advanced Biology Beats Basic Arguments
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2 months ago 8.4K views 0 shares
Advanced Biology Beats Basic Arguments
The classic Yu-Gi-Oh trap card move, but with science! Someone plays the "Trans people go against basic biology" card only to be utterly demolished by the "Advanced Biology" textbook counter. Turns out, introductory textbooks aren't exactly the pinnacle of scientific understanding. It's like claiming you've mastered physics after learning F=ma while completely ignoring relativity, quantum mechanics, and the fact that Newton himself would facepalm at your simplistic understanding. Next time someone pulls the "basic biology" argument, remember they probably stopped learning science around the same time they stopped believing in cooties.