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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That sudy screams confirmation bias.

This is like "Is this the best barber in the world of Italian/Irish heritage with scorleosis and balding hairline named Joseph?" .... The answer is always: "Probably, yes"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

The fuck did I just read?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The scary thing is that this managed to get published in the first place.

And it is sad that they had it withdrawn. I would love to see that real science rips this idea to shreds.

[–] [email protected] 147 points 2 days ago (3 children)

In layperson's terms: Standing in a certain spot while holding an iron bar will stop COVID from reproducing.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So long as that spot is 6 feet away from everyone else, they might be on to something. More research is required.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If anyone breaks your social distancing, smack 'em with the iron bar

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

magnetoborne virion transmission prevention

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There's some rocks I'm sure that can be used to kill covid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any rock can kill Covid if you get them hot enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Some rocks are naturally 'hot'.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I recall Fearless Leader saying that covid can definitely be defeated if we can expose our insides to UV light. That's a hot rock, right?

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[–] sus 10 points 2 days ago

is that spot inside an active volcano?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The author really believes it and has even sued over it.

https://retractionwatch.com/2023/08/11/author- of-paper-on-covid-19-and-jade-amulets-sues-employer-for-mental-anguish-discrimination/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

peices

There's something in this comment chain

Edit: autocorrect fixed the original typo, theory confirmed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think I lost neurons reading that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Just the weak ones. Collectively, your brain is now stronger.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What is this Star Trek incantation shit

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm a little bit stoned and it took me like 2 solid minutes and several rereads to figure out what the fuck this was, and I still think it's just buzzword salad

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

I'm not stoned and same.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They forgot to include the crucial step where you reverse the polarity of the neutron flow

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Oh come on that's just nonsense. Let's stick to real science here please.

All you need to do is make sure that the area has been sweeped by chronotron particles filtered through a multiphasic tachyon diffractor.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

This pseudo science made the photosynthesis in my arepa produce chemtrail fuel

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago

Someone swallowed a dictionary.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago

Yeah... Hmm... Oh yeah.

I know some of these words.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (9 children)

From Wikipedia

Serpentinization is a hydration and metamorphic transformation of ferromagnesian minerals, such as olivine and pyroxene, in mafic and ultramafic rock to produce serpentinite.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lithosphere:

A lithosphere (from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) 'rocky' and σφαίρα (sphaíra) 'sphere') is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the lithospheric mantle, the topmost portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of up to thousands of years or more.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Magnetic Anomaly

In geophysics, a magnetic anomaly is a local variation in the Earth's magnetic field resulting from variations in the chemistry or magnetism of the rocks. Mapping of variation over an area is valuable in detecting structures obscured by overlying material.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Proterozoic Eon

Proterozoic rocks have been identified on all the continents and often constitute important sources of metallic ores, notably of iron, gold, copper, uranium, and nickel.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Weakened geomagnetic field:

Over the last 200 years, the magnetic field has lost around 9% of its strength on a global average. A large region of reduced magnetic intensity has developed between Africa and South America and is known as the South Atlantic Anomaly.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Biogenic molecules

A biogenic substance is a product made by or of life forms.

aka fake buzz word

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nono a buzz cut will generally produce loose biogenic material.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Apologies, after doing more "research" you are correct. Turn out clipping your finger nails also produces loose biogenic material.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Here the Research Gate link if you want to check out the full extent of this XD http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30887.09128

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, but now I really want to read the rest of the paper to see what R'lyehian incantations it contains.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (7 children)

There is no ~~war~~ pandemic in Ba Sing Se

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Was there a competition for longest paper title that I missed?

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