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submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm really bothered by this line of thinking.

Just because something "looks" like it is a certain way doesn't mean it is. For anything to be considered fact there needs to be evidence. The hypothesis that the Earth may have plate tectonics existed decades before it became fact.

This leads people to make connections between completely unrelated things, despite scientists, or professionals working in fields of science (i.e. doctors), saying, and often proving, there is none.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Sure we are pattern matching machines. We had to be the humans that couldn't figure out "big scary noise usually means big scary threat" died off.

My hat goes off to all the great minds in the sciences that can not only overcome this tendency but using it AT THE SAME TIME!