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This is a community made in the love for science (Philosophy).

We discuss different topics around science as well as in specific fields in a civil, eloquent and patient manner.

Please do:

  • SOURCE YOUR SOURCES
  • Consider different perspectives
  • When using AI please do so deliberately and mark it clearly

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  • Break any site-wide rules.
  • Link to some article about some science being done somewhere.
  • Become too political

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  • ScienceDiscussion @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Uiop @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    On Bullshit (In Science and Politics)

    We find Bullshit wherever there are humans. It lies in our nature to not always tell the truth, that's what we call lying. Somethymes however we care little about the truth, then we bullshit. On where specifically we find it: in close relationships, friendship, politics, science, company meetings...

    I am focusing on politics and science here, since they are close to my interests and closely linked. Though some may also be applicable to other fields. I source myself on a project sponsored indirectly by the government of Germany, through the ZDF produced by a group called Maithink X. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2ZvhBwu90 and https://populismus.online/ are some sources in German, I didn't find good sources in English, despite them existing, no doubt.

    Some of the countless methods used for Bullshitting: Ad-Hominem, False Dilemma, Whataboutism, Motte & Bailey, Silent Majority, Strawman.

    Ad-Hominem (on Human)

    • instead of arguing on a objective, factual basis the bullshiter focuses
  • ScienceDiscussion @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Uiop @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Geoengineering

    Geoengineering is an exceedingly controversial scientific field.

    Here a quick video on it by Sabine Hossenfelder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-2FUXShYQQ

    We are already doing it (mostly by accident):

    • Since the dawn of civilization we have influenced the Landscapes of the earth, which in turn influences the atmosphere sitting atop it.
    • In most of Southeast-Asia countless rice-fields get burned every year after the harvest. This creates dust- and ash-clouds for weeks on end over the entire region. These impact the health of the locals, the environment and so much more. But the burning of the rice fields has several immediate benefits as well as some science may not have studied fully yet. For example the rice husks, if unburnt will fly around everywhere and become litter and even hazards, as they are slippery. I am also conjecturing that it helps in fertilizing the fields for the next growing season and helps killing off potential harmful lifeforms, such as fungi. These
  • ScienceDiscussion @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Uiop @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Community Creation -> Art Contest(?)!

    Due to this being my first Lemmy-community I have done some work generating several pictures beforehand, from which I've picked one each for Logo and Banner. However my artistic view never was great in any way, so I'll let people vote upon my creations and perchance someone makes something better.

    All the Pictures were generated with hotpot.ai and the Banners were upscaled with imgupscaler.com

    (Since I can't quite figure out how to put multiple images into the post, I'll put them in the comments)