• @disguy_ovahea
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    582 months ago

    This is absolutely necessary for anyone born before ~1985. I have so many “random facts” memorized from pre-internet days, and many of them have turned out to be half-right hearsay or straight up incorrect when faced with fact-checking.

    • @WagnasT
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      442 months ago

      Your tongue does not use different parts to taste different things. They taught that shit at school, they had infographics and everything. Also food pyramid is false, carrots do not improve night vision and you most certainly use nearly all of your brain, though i will concede that MAGAs may be only using 10%. I use arch btw.

    • @[email protected]
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      I’d argue that the internet has made this problem worse, not better.

      In fact, I’d argue that the internet has taken away tons of people’s ability to admit they’re wrong because there’s always an echo chamber that will support you on even the dumbest of beliefs and anyone fact checking anyone is seen as the enemy. You see this on places like Facebook and YouTube comments where someone will make a claim, other people will think it makes sense on a cursory glance and express their agreement, then someone who actually knows what they’re talking about will politely correct them and everyone will gang up on them because they’ve disrupted the vibe, and simply because of that the unanimous decision is made that the correct answer is in fact wrong and is a government conspiracy.

    • @TriflingToad
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      42 months ago

      but not exclusive, don’t believe everyone online either!

  • Diplomjodler
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    272 months ago

    New law dropped yesterday. Two plus two is five now.

    • Ignotum
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      112 months ago

      I don’t like all the new rules
      I’m sticking to math 3.5, the best edition

        • flicker
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          32 months ago

          The coastal mathematicians are just into math to screw you and take your money. The geniuses at πzo really captured the spirit of the math.

          (I had to go a long way to get to πzo but I’m glad ai got there.)

      • @[email protected]
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        I just got the DLC expansion pack and now I have to do equations with LETTERS in them?! Rigged!

    • Ananääs
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      42 months ago

      Two plus two is four, minus one that’s three QUICK MATHS! -Roadman Shaq

    • @lath
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      32 months ago

      And two times one is four.

  • @[email protected]
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    132 months ago

    The problem is that now the first page of results is all AI garbage and wrong, so you’re not 100% sure at what point you’ve reached the sane internet.

  • @ieatpwns
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    72 months ago

    1 • 1 = 2

    -Einstein probably

  • @moistclump
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    42 months ago

    After watching a lot of QI I know better than to trust general knowledge.