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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Mandala Effects are usually put in around 3am local.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Using all of your brain (at once) is called a stroke

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

A stroke of genius! Brainblast!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Later I would hear the carrot thing was a cover story for British radar in WW2.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Yeah, i'm not even mad about that one. Incredible OPSEC and propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

1 • 1 = 2

-Einstein probably

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

With the help of AI changes to basic knowledge could get more frequent.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You really ought to get on the mathfinder train

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 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] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I just got the DLC expansion pack and now I have to do equations with LETTERS in them?! Rigged!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Algebra is OP

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Did someone sign into law again that pi is exactly 3?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And two times one is four.