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arcytech77 t1_j720a1a wrote

Reply to comment by FwibbFwibb in Entanglement of Trapped-Ion Qubits Separated by 230 Meters by lfuwebred

BUT WHAT IF>>

Hahahaha, I'm sorry, it's just so funny. Even as a physics major I wasn't really sure why it was that poking one qubit wouldn't be enough to "receive" a poke on the other side faster than light. That is until someone explained it for me. There is ALWAYS going to be someone who needs that explanation.

For what it's worth I think you did a great job!

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gerundive t1_j71v48u wrote

Reply to comment by Rakshear in A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in both rodent and large animal models by giuliomagnifico

"You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character."

  • George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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JackEddyfier t1_j71p39e wrote

Reply to New study links "catfishing" to heightened levels of psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism by chrisdh79

>Catfishing, the act of deceiving and exploiting another person online, can have significant negative impact on the target.

Who knew? Deceiving and exploiting other people can have significant negative impact on the target.

>Machiavellianism, and narcissism to predict catfishing perpetration.

We already knew that.

>A sample of 664 participants

I'm pleased to see psychologists are no longer publishing results from Mickey Mouse studies with less than a few hundred participants. That's progress.

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amoralhedgehog t1_j71jyq9 wrote

Reply to comment by Immortal_Tuttle in Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga

Thanks for explaining. Some clear distinctions there!

In the summary of prior research (introduction here), I don't see any reference to anything from the 90s like what you were saying. Can you cite it?

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1234WhoAreYou t1_j71g3bb wrote

Reply to New n=987 study into coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) suggests its main causes are clowns' unpredictability, their illness-like makeup, and prior media exposure. by fotogneric

Yeah, I mean I hated clowns from being very young. Mum took me to a circus and I remember thinking the creepy guy with the weird face was not trustworthy. Then I saw him throwing buckets of water on people, except the water turned out to be confetti. I decided I didn’t want anything thrown on me by a person with a crazy face and screamed until Mum took me out. Must have been maybe three or four years old.

It’s not hard to understand why some unpredictable, weird looking person would be scary to kids. You can learn that they’re not scary as you get older but that initial strong emotional response will linger on some level because early childhood experiences are formative.

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