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What is Something Scientific that you just don't believe in at all? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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EDIT: Let's cool it with the downvotes, dudes. We're not out to cut funding to your black hole detection chamber or revoke the degrees of chiropractors just because a couple of us don't believe in it, okay? Chill out, participate with the prompt and continue with having a nice day. I'm sure almost everybody has something to add.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't think gravity really stretches space. A black hole is suppose to stretch space to infinity but if you drop electrons into a black hole you can feel the charge of the electrons outside the black hole.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't believe that fire played as big as a role in early human development that scientists claim. There are cases of modern humans eating raw rotten meat and being fine. A lot of the chemical shit that goes down when meat rots has a lot of the same effects of cooking it. There are plenty of ways to do a thing and we should view it as lots of useful things instead of one end all.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The Big Bang being a singular event that only happened once, as if we are so special we just happen to be at the point of time, within the spectrum of infinity where matter is in a state that can support life. (I'm not aware if that's the prevailing theory anymore)

Also the double slit experiment. We aren't a phantom observers, we are impacting the experiment. With our equipment.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Any "science" supported only by belief/faith or trust in authority that can't be questioned.