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This Online Group Calls Out People Who Think They Know Better Than Years Of Science, Here Are 50 Of The Most Absurd Posts (New Pics)
Social media gave all of us a platform. And since everyone has an opinion on everything, we have to be more careful when consuming content—not all of it is valid.
Probably nothing proves this point better than the subreddit 'Facebook Science.' Gathering the dumbest statements they can find on the internet, its 50K members constantly show that there are no limits to human ignorance
"[This online community is] about the science-denying pseudo-intellectuals who think they know better than centuries of scientific understanding and aren't afraid to leave comments arguing even the most simple of concepts," the subreddit's moderators write on its 'About' page.
Theories? Evidence? Experiments? Reputable scientific methods aren't welcome here. This is the epitome of "My friend in the bar says..."
For more painfully ridiculous false statements, check out Bored Panda's first publication on the subreddit.
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#2
*know
Efforts to flood the world’s media with dishonest information or malicious content go to the very top.
Donald Trump derided any critical news coverage as “fake news” and his unwillingness to concede the 2020 presidential election eventually led to the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol.
For years, radio host Alex Jones denounced the parents of children slaughtered in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newton, Connecticut as "crisis actors." On August 5, 2022 he was ordered by a jury to pay more than US$49 million in damages to two families for defamation.
#3
Who Wants To Start A Magnet Business With Me(Credits To R/Vaxxhappened)?
ThatBiBookLover 2 years ago
“The reason I’ve made such stupid decisions…” nah that’s all you mate
#4
Someone Does Not Understand How Fruit Trees Are Seasonal
#5
Ohio Back At It Again With The Real Science™
According to Mathieu O'Neil, Associate Professor at the News and Media Research Centre of the University of Canberra and Michael Jensen, Associate Professor at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis of the University of Canberra, three schools of thought have emerged to address this issue.
"The first suggests disinformation is so pervasive because distrust of traditional sources of authority, including the news media, keeps increasing," the academics pointed out. "When people think the mainstream media is not holding industries and governments to account, they may be more likely to accept information that challenges conventional beliefs."
#6
Worst Idea I've Ever Heard. Please Don't Give Me The Vaccine, Oh No, Please Dont
#7
Facebook ‘Scientists’
Groundcontroltomajortom 2 years ago
If you look hard enough you could find "evidence" for most ridiculous "theories". The world is crazy.
#8
'disappears'
#9
The Article Is Making Fun Of You, Dale
"Secondly, social media platforms' focus on engagement often leads them to promote shocking claims that generate outrage, regardless of whether these claims are true," O'Neil and Jensen added.
"Indeed, studies show false information on social media spreads further, faster, and deeper than true information because it is more novel and surprising."
#10
This Is No Asteroid Hole
#11
The Dumb S**t That Shows Up On My Facebook Feed
#12
Ow My Finances
#13
I Would Like To See Your Evidence, Lindsay
And lastly, the role of hostile and deliberate disinformation tactics cannot be overlooked.
"Facebook estimates that during the 2016 US election, malicious content from the Russian Internet Research Agency aimed at creating division within the American voting public reached 126 million people in the US and worldwide," O'Neil and Jensen said to illustrate this point.
#14
Found This Recently
#15
This Family Friend's Facebook Account Is A Gem
#16
Terrible Science, But I'd Watch This Movie
Graham Chapman 2 years ago
Iced wall, monsters on the other side our weapons are no good against them...Now where have I watched this???? https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/game-of-thrones-the-wall-explained.html
#17
Covid 19 Does Exist
Sheila Stamey 2 years ago (edited)
Edit only to add thanks and for clarification. My SO was a kind dear man, who played Santa Claus at nursing homes and literally rescued every lost kitty he ever met. We had very good years. And I live in assisted Living. That's why I lost so many. Plus we were very hard hit. We're rural, and in the first wave we had 75 cases. It's still active. I want to make this person to forcibly French kiss a known COVID ridden petri dish every day for 14 days. I lost my SO of 16 years, and 27 other friends to COVID. The only reason I really wouldn't do it,is I don't know any COVID petri dishes I dislike that much. This one infuriates me. .
So what can we do? Bradley Crocker, Lecturer & Ph.D. Candidate in Health Psychology at McGill University, thinks that in order to be saved from misinformation, we need to be exposed to it.
"Efforts to remove and label misinformation on social media platforms may help, but a more pertinent question is whether these efforts can match the rapid pace of misinformation spread," Crocker wondered. "In response to the growing pressure to control misinformation on their platforms, social media giants have generally relied on reactively removing or labeling false content after it’s widely noticed and reported."
#18
False Equivalency Bro
#19
"The Lack Of Humility Before Nature That's Being Displayed Here, Uh... Staggers Me."
#20
The Government Wants To Control Your... Brians?
#21
Corona Cult
Even if social media giants manage to crack down on misinformation on their platforms, what about the rest of the internet?
Rumble, for example, offered to host Joe Rogan on its video-streaming platform with no censorship.
What's to stop content creators and common users from turning to websites that are outside the jurisdiction of democratic lawmakers?
#22
F**k, I Must Have A Negative Iq Score
Serial pacifist 2 years ago
For f**k's fatherly sake, my fruity IQ is so freaking low now, it's fifty feet into the ground.
#23
Viruses Are A Myth
#24
Health Tips From The Insane
Chocolate llama 2 years ago
"Your body shouldn't be hit by hard objects" Yeah, I'd like to avoid that when I'm not on my period, too...thanks
#25
Til You Can Cure Cancer By Screaming In A Cave
"If encountering online misinformation is inevitable, our best approach to mitigate its effects may be to improve users’ abilities to recognize and dismiss it," Crocker said. "One of the most promising ways to do this uses experiential learning, stemming from something called inoculation theory."
"Inoculation theory is based on an analogy between resistance to persuasion and resistance to contagious disease. Just as exposing individuals to a weakened pathogen helps to protect them against severe illness (vaccination), tactfully exposing individuals to weakened forms of misinformation can improve their ability to recognize and resist it."
So I guess, in a way, the subreddit 'Facebook Science' is making the internet not only more fun but also safer.
#26
Biology Lesson
Persephone hates Pomegranate 2 years ago
No me, a biological female, having a similar collarbone.
#27
No, He Would Be Dead
#28
Manufactured Government Fog
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Every time someone starts throwing the term "Orwellian" around like this I feel pretty damn confident in assuming they've never read a word that man actually wrote.
#29
They Probably Think It’s Dead Babies
#30
That Settles It. The Fires Are Fooling Us
grosse_daus 2 years ago
The fires are not allowed to cross the border without a visa - well played, Mexico!
#31
Wake Up
#32
#idonotconsent
Demi Zwaan 2 years ago
Posted on FB, which tracks you and knows just about everything about you.
#33
Globe Lies
#34
Yes, I'm Sure About That. You Forgot To Mention The Extremely Low Density Of The Atmosphere Up There
#35
Expert Scientists Bad Because Fictional Boat Better Than Real Boat
#36
I Posted This On R/Flatearth Someone Told Me I Should Post It Here Too
#37
There's A Lot To Unpack In This One
SerumSeven 2 years ago
We learned that the racists, misogynists, narrow-minded idiots, and plain ol' douchebags are even more asinine when they don't have anything better to do. Someone should've sent them fidget spinners.
#38
This One Made Me Irrationally Angry
#39
Yikes
#40
Engineers Are Bad
#41
Water Thoughts Only 🙏
#42
It’s Just A Joke!!
#43
Corona Hoax
#44
This Was Posted Seriously
phil blanque 2 years ago
Really? I thought they were stolen from their carrot parents by the liberal elite who eat them!!!
#45
Just A Theory!
#46
Lmao My Kids Would Freak Out If I Taped This To Them
#47
Nasa Just Need To Use Toilet Seats, It’s Cheaper
#48
"I'm A Climate Denier. I Don't Have To Be On The Defensive"
#49
Vacines Bad
Alienking06 2 years ago
I love how the only evidence these people have is "I don't like the billionaires, so they must've made a vaccine to kill us all".
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Things like this used to be funny. Now the sheer mass of willful utter stupidity gets depressing.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Things like this used to be funny. Now the sheer mass of willful utter stupidity gets depressing.
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