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John Kennedy@micefearboggis.bsky.social |
When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.
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Mithras - Left Justified and Ancient
@mithras.bsky.social
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May I suggest, if you attempt such in the future, a Terry's Chocolate Orange is the way to go. It will, eventually, melt.
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@boggo2300.bsky.social
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I operate on the if it says "scientists" it's pure sensationalist crap, if it says what sort of scientist they've at least paid a tiny bit of attention to what's actually been said and it may be worth reading
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Ru Temple
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Thanks be you didn't fall for the billiard ball version of that nasty trick
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Cassie Vulpine 💛🤍💜🖤
@cassievulpine.bsky.social
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Many scientists are saying...
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Pester Power
@pester.bsky.social
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My sister did this with a glass and sprained her tempromandibula joint.
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Coolbone Minoxidil
@dingokayfabe.bsky.social
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Don’t get me started about when I was first learning my way around a Schlenk line
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Xeni | Horror Artist
@xenianth.com
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a classic copypasta 👍
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Deramin
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I saw this story when it was first posted to Twitter. You tell it well with the lurid and vivid details of experiencing the unfolding events. Horror/comedy. I think about it every time I see "some scientists think" and laugh. At least you got a good story out of it.
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Vote Jill Swinburn, your conservation candidate
@aylwin.bsky.social
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On the other hand, I, not a scientist did this with a pool ball so maybe give yourself more credit for using an orange.
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LFV SciRhet
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You all may enjoy Derek Lowe’s blog category “Things I won’t work with” and related entries ( www.science.org/action/doSea... )
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Andy Fraser
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This is brilliant, extremely funny…and was also a classic pub trick when I were a lad. You pick a cocky twat and say “bet you £10 you can’t fit a whole orange in your mouth”’ The hilarity is well worth the cash!
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Dr. Stephanie
@punkrockscience.bsky.social
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The guts to tell this story in public… that’s a followin’. 😁
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Macburns
@macburns.bsky.social
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"Some scientists think" Tears of laughter.
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Alan Beattie
@alanbeattie.bsky.social
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OK but hold on, that's a sample of one. You really need to assemble another few hundred scientists to try to fit oranges in their mouths as well.
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Nessa Carson
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Every time I see "scientists say", I just think of any time I can get just one of my friends to agree with me. Scientists say pizza is delicious, scientists say the lime ones are the best Starburst, scientists say cats are perfect beings.
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Political Film Blog
@jgiambrone.bsky.social
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Mmm.
politicalfilm.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/t...
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Hermes Pissmegistus
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hey as long as you wrote down the results 🤷
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Ken Yee
@yuweiquan.bsky.social
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While I don’t believe in numerology, I want to think this means something beyond good timing…
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Matt Gordon (He/Him, mostly) ✡️🏳️🌈
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At 428 reskeets, has this become your most highly cited work?
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Adrian Randall
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Dharhix
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Still, you were right. #Science 😂
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Mrs Schwarzski
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I am a scientist and I once thought that securing a bunch of tubes to a vortex with a rubber band and then turning it on was a time-saving stroke of genius. I was able to recover all of them within 10min or so.
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crucialwax
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What’s good is you did that experiment on yourself and not your sibling.
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow.bsky.social
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This is why we have both the results section and the discussion section.
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Mark Maguire
@markmaguireb.bsky.social
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In fairness, you established beyond reasonable doubt you *can* fit a whole orange in a human mouth. Thank you for your service. 🍊
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John Kennedy
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I should also, on reflection, have practiced in private. I had an audience, which grew as my initial satisfaction at an hypothesis well proven, slipped rapidly through stages of qualm, disquiet, then alarm (mild through severe) and ended in full blown panic.
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Glen
@vaguebiscuit.bsky.social
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And now you know which is why experimentation is so important
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David Ho
@davidho.bsky.social
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Dude!
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Chad Farrenburg
@chadfarrenburg.bsky.social
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“Some scientists think” also suggests most scientists don’t think so.
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Artyewok/Sprinkles/Robin
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I am a scientist and I believed I could halfway pull an entirely full 6 column agar plate rack partly out of the incubator with one hand and put ONE plate at the bottom of the last stack with the other. Entire rack of plates on the floor. D:
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Stephen Uitti he/him/it/they/hey-you
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At like 15, ate an entire pineapple. New rule: Never eat anything bigger than your head.
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S
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I've seen pictures of centrifuge mishaps in labs presumably staffed by scientists.
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