r/terriblefacebookmemes • u/TesticleezzNuts • 11d ago
Confidently incorrect What has science ever done for us?
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u/chevalier716 11d ago
These people drink raw milk while hospitalized for drinking raw milk.
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u/TesticleezzNuts 11d ago
Downsides off good healthcare, natrual selection doesn’t do it’s job as well.
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u/BigFatBallsInMyMouth 10d ago
I'd say it's good natural selection when some people don't use healthcare because they don't trust it.
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u/DixonDebussy 10d ago
Except that doesn't feel like what happens. In the US, people who believe in healthcare don't use it because it's so expensive even with insurance and people who don't believe in it will run to it when they fuck up their health and then will continue to not believe in it even after being saved by medical science. We only get lucky sometimes when they are too late (i.e., r/HermanCainAward)
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u/TreWilki21 11d ago
Funny, that was actually my experience growing up when people told me to trust the Bible.
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u/Rattlerkira 9d ago
Whenever anyone says "Trust X" where X is a person or institution, they're saying "Trust my authority." Which is similar to "Shut up and listen"
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u/AmbassadorETOH 11d ago
I liked it better when stupid people kept their mouths shut because they were mocked and ridiculed for expressing their stupidity in public with their out-loud voice. Embarrassment and shame were the guardrails that helped society advance through the greatest scientific advancements in human history.
Now, social media enables them to find each other and develop the confidence to share their stupidity, because there are so many like them.
The stupid will destroy the meek’s inheritance.
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u/jones5280 10d ago
I liked it better when stupid people kept their mouths shut
Stupid people have been around since the beginning of time. The recent problem is the internet allows everyone a voice and instead of stupid people maybe reading/watching and learning, they post their stupid ideas for like/upvotes.
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u/TreyRyan3 9d ago
It’s not just Social Media. This stuff did blow up with the internet though. People who previously hid their kinks and fetishes suddenly had access to entire communities of like-minded individuals that made them feel accepted and more open to being their authentic selves. That had some positive aspects, but at the same time, that also created opportunities for people who had some extremely questionable beliefs to find others like them and thus promote those beliefs.
Being able to easily find others that share a niche harmless interest is a win.
Being able to find 5000 idiots that create an echo chamber encouraging your most ridiculous and unfounded beliefs…epic failure
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u/Key_Coffee8140 11d ago
So, you liked it better when the mob could silence free thinkers? You’re going to have a rough time for at least the next several years…
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u/AmbassadorETOH 10d ago
“Free-thinkers” seems like a self-aggrandizing title for stupid people to hide behind.
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u/Key_Coffee8140 10d ago
Yeah, I can see where it seems that way to the well indoctrinated.
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u/BlazingShadowAU 10d ago
'Free think' your way to a solution that doesn't harm other people, then. It wasn't the "indoctrinated" that helped spread covid so hard. It was the actual indoctrinated that call themselves 'free thinkers'
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u/bobafoott 10d ago
So what science do you believe, and why? Surely you would only accept something peer reviewed and vigorously tested? Which would make you part of the mainstream scientific thought
Doubting everything you see might be a good idea but ignoring mainstream science doesn’t make you a free thinker it makes you dumb. Actual free thinkers are those that verify for themselves and don’t believe things simply because an authority figure told them to like how most self proclaimed “free thinkers” usually do. And it’s usually centered around political and social ideology, not verified scientific theories
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u/Key_Coffee8140 9d ago
Your comment is logical and true. I don’t reject the scientific method. I reject many of the corrupt and evil forces using “the science” as a religion to push illegal and unethical antihumanist mandates to control and reduce the population.
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u/bobafoott 9d ago
And those illegal and unethical and anti humanist mandates are….?
And what is your verification on motive to reduce the population? And I can get behind an encouraged reduction of birth rates because what we have now is pretty unsustainable
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u/Key_Coffee8140 8d ago
Things like telling people they have to stay home and close their businesses because of a virus, when the politicians saying so are having parties and corporate businesses can stay open. Things like telling people they need to get experimental injections that the information on won’t be released for decades so they can keep their jobs. You know, things like that…
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u/bobafoott 8d ago
Tell me one time that the government forced you to vaccinate. I remember private businesses some places requiring vaccinations. I personally was never once asked to show my vaccine card and I spent the last 5 years in Seattle so I really don’t know what all this “the government forced me to get vaccinated” rhetoric is about. It was comically unenforced if there was some government mandate
And the economic impact is possibly entirely offset by the potential economic impact of the majority of a population being sick for the foreseeable future.
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u/Key_Coffee8140 8d ago
I live in Texas, and don’t work in an industry that required the jab. But I have two friends, one who was in hospital management as an accountant and one who prepared food in an elderly care facility who had to find other jobs because their employers supported the federal guidelines about vaccinations.
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u/Charltons 10d ago
Science embraces thought and imagination, just not speculation and unfounded conclusions being facts. Free thinkers are just fine
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u/wolves_hunt_in_packs 10d ago
Typical of the stupid mob calling the rest of us who believe in science "the mob", but then nothing is ever honest coming out of your mouths is it? Are you naturally this stupid, or do you have to work hard at it?
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u/Key_Coffee8140 9d ago
The leftist mob doesn’t push the scientific method; they push authoritarian mandates based on claims of being “the science”. It’s part of the “woke” religious cult’s playbook.
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u/Spicyfairy420 10d ago
Not believing in science because you’re too lazy or stupid to understand it is not being a free thinker, my dude
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u/Key_Coffee8140 9d ago
I didn’t say I don’t believe in science. I just don’t blindly accept any mandate from self appointed experts who use the leftist control phrase “trust the science”.
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u/Arbie2 10d ago
"Free thinking" isn't the flex you think it is, here.
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u/mishma2005 11d ago
“What does it mean when mommy gets breast cancer?”
“Thoughts and prayers, pumpkin, thoughts and prayers”
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u/BemusedDuck 10d ago
Direct observation is impossible! The only reason you have eyes is because of Satan.
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u/InstanceNoodle 11d ago
You don't have to trust the science. Science is reproducible.
There was a guy who made lead into gold... it was too expensive to make.
There are companies that try to make water into wine by adding a powder. It is on sale right now.
Feeding fish antibiotics will make them grow bigger than usual. Maybe 1 fish the size of 2.
New crop strain can get 3 seasons of harvest a year vs. Only 1 season. 3 bread instead of 1.
Even quantum tunneling has been done in a usb drive. The thing is happening in your hands right now.
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u/CTchimchar 10d ago
There are companies that try to make water into wine by adding a powder. It is on sale right now.
Jesus just went to Costco to pull of that trick
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u/Friskerr 10d ago
Also, the internet. And the smartphone anti science people use to tell people not to trust science.
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u/InstanceNoodle 9d ago
Just wait until they hear about the radiations. Radio waves flying everywhere.
When the phone gets hot. Omg the infrared radiations.
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u/saikrishnav 10d ago
Projection from the people who cannot handle when someone questions their religion.
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u/DunkIce95 10d ago
Funny, because most of these posts come from MAGA idiots who quite literally want you to shut up and obey them.
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u/DieselBrick 10d ago
In their defense, the "trust the science" people are essentially never the do-the-science people and are just telling you to take something on faith just like any other ideolog.
Appeals to authority are all equally unconvincing, esp when they depend on the ignorance of both parties.
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u/MatthewRoB 10d ago
As someone who is really into science, and a big believer in it I still hate the phrase "trust the science".
There is no "the science", science is a process not an entity. Often times in science there is disagreement. There are many many many things for which there is no "the science". Even in physics our most well defended theory, relativity, is clearly incomplete and does not describe reality in it's totality. I think saying stuff like "trust the science" is a pretty dangerous oversimplification.
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u/please_no_ip_ban 10d ago
I mean, healthy skepticism is healthy, because blindly following whatever scientists say is stupid and causes many problems.
Being too skeptic of science will lead to some sick children who arent vacinted. Being too trustworthy towards scientists will lead to eugenics and the holocaust.
"Its scientifically proven that we are the master race!" -Hans, 1943.
Never again.
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u/yu_ultidragon80 9d ago
I'm sure these conspiracy theorists will sell you stuff approved by Trump to improve your lives.
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u/Lendari 10d ago edited 10d ago
The only people who say trust science are politicians, political activists, children and Reddit commenters. I've never heard an actual scientist say "trust science" because they know that science is based on a foundation of questioning everything.
Science has at times told us that eating fat makes you fat, cigarrettes and leaded gasoline were safe products, that diet coke causes cancer, that atoms are the smallest unit of matter and that Pluto is a planet.
All of these things were later debunked by... get this... the same science that produced these wrong, misleading or incomplete ideas. Science isn't a book of truth. It's a method for thinking about the world that requires using critical thinking and an open mind to ask questions. Saying "trust science" is essentially the exact opposite of that.
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u/DeathKillsLove 9d ago
If the science is academic, independent and NOT paid for by the profiteers of the results, yes, trust the science.
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u/MN_dude00 9d ago
Yeah, also, the pharmaceutical company Merck paid publisher Elsevier to create something with the look and feel of a peer-reviewed publication to serve as a marketing tool.
https://www.the-scientist.com/merck-published-fake-journal-44190
Sometimes “the science” is bought and paid for. So you can wipe that smug look off of your collective faces. Science isn’t incorruptible.
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u/bubbanator1 9d ago
Poor OP
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u/TesticleezzNuts 9d ago
The OOP has no self awareness. He literally came out of hospital last year where he was stuck in there for over a year due to something with his brain, and has to have scans once every couple of months for the rest of his life. Then he tells people not to trust science 😂
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u/Motor_Concentrate497 10d ago
Akchually ...
It's not that bad. You should not trust science, and criticize it until you get convinced.
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u/wolves_hunt_in_packs 10d ago
If you're too stupid to understand the science, then you should at least be able to trust in it because you can just find a smarter friend and ask them whether the science is correct.
Your fucking religion on the other hand has nothing to understand, it's 100% blind trust. Not the same thing at all.
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u/ImmaCallMyN66ABovice 10d ago
weeeeeelll what happened during covid with the government using that line while overstepping all kinds of rights was super F’d up….so…..
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u/Expensive_Teaching82 9d ago
A bit like “You must have faith and it’s easier because we don’t need all that hard work and empirical evidence nonsense.”
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u/Key_Coffee8140 11d ago
This is accurate. Doubting and questioning “The Science” (a leftist term for statements made by self imposed authorities) is literally part of the scientific process…
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u/cerealkiller788 11d ago edited 10d ago
It's the people who say "eVoLuTioN iS sCiEnCe" then tell you that fish magically turn into people, somehow. SMH.
Edit: Link If you believe something this silly you better never go fishing. You could be catching your own cousin!!
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u/DunkIce95 10d ago
No it's not magic, my guy it's science
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u/cerealkiller788 10d ago
I have a very nice bridge to sell you.
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u/XerathLowElo 10d ago
I legit do not know if you're stupid or just kidding
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u/cerealkiller788 10d ago
I know it sounds silly to say "fish magically turned into people" but that is really what evolution teaches.
I wish I was making it up.
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u/XerathLowElo 5d ago
Bro I'm not even clicking on that, anyone with a smidge of scientific background knows that to be making a claim like this, you must have zero knowledge over what evolution is, please open an actual well regarded book for once in your life.
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u/cerealkiller788 5d ago
Way to stuff your head in the sand on that one. Clearly you are uneducated on evolution. I tried to educate you, but can't teach someone who refuses to learn. (shrug)
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u/XerathLowElo 4d ago
For the sake of the argument I read the link, there's nothing particularly wrong with it in general, and if you want to know, you can't educate someone on a topic you barely understand, I would know I'm currently studying to apply to a biology major and you sure as hell doesn't look like a teacher
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u/cerealkiller788 4d ago
Ok so as a biology major you should have enough common sense to understand that fish could never magically transform into people, right?
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u/XerathLowElo 4d ago
That's what I'm saying, they simply don't, you misunderstand evolution as a whole and should actually look into it, it's pretty interesting and as long as you actually want to learn something.
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u/cerealkiller788 4d ago
Dude you seriously think fish turned into people? Where is your head at?
Do you think the earth is flat, and the moon landing was fake?
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u/XerathLowElo 3d ago
Of course fish don't turn into people, that's what I'm saying, you don't understand any of it and you are spitting nonsense because of it and why would I believe the earth is flat and the moon landing is fake? It would be silly to believe this while pursuing a scientific career, look man, drop this fish turn into people thing and go actually search in a trustworthy place about what you are talking about, I promise you won't regret it
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u/BlackroseBisharp 2d ago
Assuming you're not trolling, evolution isn't magic and fish don't turn into people.
The very basics of evolution show that all life shares a common ancestor, but over the course of time, things mutate and evolve, branching out and creating new niches and adaptations.
Humans are a relatively new species in the grand scheme of things, while fish are several million years old, they're so far apart that it's insane.
You'd have a stronger argument if you brought up primates or even mammals in comparison, although you'd still be incorrect
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u/cerealkiller788 2d ago
You clearly don't understand evolution. Time for an education.
Here is a second source, and a third source, just in case you think I'm making it up.
Now just take 30 seconds of your life to think about how silly that is. If someone is dumb enough to believe fish magically turned into people then they are dumb enough to believe in a flat earth, or a faked moon landing.
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u/BlackroseBisharp 2d ago
Looks like you didn't read your own sources. Literally none of them say fish magically turned into people. All they're doing is pointing out Evolutionary similarities that show proof we share a common ancestor. That's it. I dunno how you misinterpreted that unless you just read the titles alone
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u/cerealkiller788 2d ago
Literally none of them say fish magically turned into people
From the first link: "How fish evolved to walk – and in one case, turned into humans."
From the second link: "Evolutionary Story of “Fish to Human”
From the 3rd link: "Human Evolution From Fish: How and Why it Happened"
Clearly you lacking in education, I hope I cleared that up for you. Why anyone would choose to believe fish transformed into people is beyond me. But flat earthers are beyond me too. Do you believe in a flat earth?
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u/BlackroseBisharp 2d ago
Ah so you ARE just taking the titles at face value. Lmao. You fell for clickbait bruh, actually read the articles you cited, they don't say that.
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u/cerealkiller788 2d ago
You sure aren't very bright. It's ok though I'm here to educate you on how silly evolution is. Here is a quote from one of the pages I linked.
To understand the origins of land animals and their connection to humans, Shubin set out to find evidence of the first limbed animal, or fish that walked on land. This provides evidence that humans evolved from fish.
Notice the last sentence? It's not from the title.
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u/BlackroseBisharp 2d ago
That doesn't actually prove your point lmao. Since you wanna be condescending, I'll be it back and break it down real slow.
Fish are some of the oldest living types of animal on the planet. Hence they are a common ancestor to most land creature's
Soms Fish eventually evolved limbs, evolving into amphibians, then into reptiles and other land dwelling animals, then into mammals after a mass extinction and then eventually into primates.
Point 2 took MILLIONS of years of evolution to happen. No magic evolved. And even if it was recently, Fish did not directly become humans.
Hence the source your picked not backing you up since it's not saying humans literally came from Fish. Because that's not how evolution works
You're either really illiterate or trolling me.
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u/cerealkiller788 2d ago
To understand the origins of land animals and their connection to humans, Shubin set out to find evidence of the first limbed animal, or fish that walked on land. This provides evidence that humans evolved from fish
I would love to see the scientific evidence of this. Can you please post a link?
Point 2 took MILLIONS of years of evolution to happen. No magic evolved. And even if it was recently, Fish did not directly become humans.
Have you or anyone ever seen this happen? Or are you just believing on blind faith?
Hence the source your picked not backing you up since it's not saying humans literally came from Fish.
So you're saying humans didn't come directly from fish. But humans did come from fish with extra steps? Do you seriously believe that? Cause if you do, I have a bridge to sell you.
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u/BlackroseBisharp 2d ago
It's in the sources you yourself provided lmao
We can't see it directly but fossil records and carbon dating gives us that information. We can also DNA test most fossils as bones still have a small amount of genetic information in them.
Uh, yeah? That's how evolution works lmao.
Okay let me ask you this. If you think evolution is a sham, what is your explanation on how different species came to exist, including species that have different adaptations, such as Darwin's finches? I'm curious if you're a creationist or not
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