this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2024
1512 points (98.4% liked)

Science Memes

10309 readers
860 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1512
Breast Cancer (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
258 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Haha I love Gell-Mann amnesia. A few weeks ago there was news about speeding up the internet to gazillion bytes per nanosecond and it turned out to be fake.

Now this thing is all over the internet and everyone believes it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The source paper is available online, is published in a peer reviewed journal, and has over 600 citations. I'm inclined to believe it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

You sound like a person who hasn't been peer reviewed

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Well one reason is that this is basically exactly the thing current AI is perfect for - detecting patterns.