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Kirsten t1_j8krsib wrote

Reply to comment by chrisdh79 in Study on former citizens of East Germany sheds light on why people may choose deliberate ignorance by chrisdh79

Deliberate lack of curiosity is appropriate and adaptive in some cases. I worked as a physician at a prison and one of the pieces of advice I got was to purposely avoid knowing what anyone was locked up for. It didn’t matter for my purposes and it would definitely not help me provide better medical care.

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Breezy207 t1_j8kqp4x wrote

Reply to comment by Helldozer5000 in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

It also makes sense that those who got the jabs were more concerned w distancing, masking and stayed away from public spaces…

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FUNNY_NAME_ALL_CAPS t1_j8kpadx wrote

Reply to For those interested in communal/common mycorrhizal networks (e.g., Finding the Mother Tree) - Positive citation bias and overinterpreted results lead to misinformation on common mycorrhizal networks in forests Nature Ecology & Evolution by Propeller3

Unfortunately people like Stamets are more interested in fantasy and selling hype than the scientific method. Still a very interesting area of research.

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Ill-Nerve-3154 t1_j8ko2p3 wrote

Reply to Researchers found that joint play of two individuals, induced robust between-brain synchronization in parts of the brain, as if the two brains functioned together as a single system by giuliomagnifico

Years ago, I was shown an exercise in synchronicity by an ex. It was demonstrated to her as part of college curriculum and involved moving of hands/arms near someone else's hands without ever touching. One was meant to instinctively know when the movements were going to change. I failed at this every single time, and she claimed I was actively trying to make it not work, as she had just seen it work for everyone in her class. It was at this point that I realized there must be something off about my neurochemistry.

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Harucifer t1_j8kl8dy wrote

Reply to comment by Aardark235 in New study shows Acceleration of global sea level rise imminent past 1.8℃ planetary warming by 9273629397759992

>More depressing is that a vast majority of Redditors are unwilling to make any sacrifices in order to fight climate change

I take 5 minute showers every other day, I hold my pee as long as possible to minimize flushes, I have solar panels to generate electricity, and I don't have plants that require regular watering. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FOR ME ? Meanwhile businesses waste tons of water on lack of efficiency or flat-out mistakes. They aren't "bogeyman", they are the problem.

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[deleted] t1_j8kk0fm wrote

Reply to During the mid-Cretaceous approximately 94.5 million years ago the worlds oceans became nearly uninhabitable as rapid degassing of volcanic carbon dioxide altered seawater carbonate chemistry, triggering a global-scale episode of reduced marine oxygen levels known as Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. by avogadros_number

It seems to me volcanoes are easily one of the biggest threats to the planet and generally underrated for vastly less common things like big meteors.

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