Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist.

[strangetruther@masto.ai]

@neuronakaya

Oh, I know a LOT of scientists who don't want to know an important fact or two!

Fact 1: The genetic clock of a species and its line of ancestry is NOT automatically the same as its generation to generation mutation rate, and cannot be assumed to be so.

Fact 2: The 1,500 fossil individuals known form Africa between 2 & 4.5 million years old, all supposed to be nearer the human lineage than the chimp or human lineage, are not. Many are chimp or gorilla ancestors.

[apz@some.apz.fi]

@neuronakaya It's one of those statements that tries to sound really smart or secretive, but instantly conveys that whatever follows is just as humbug.

[d_reno@mastodon.social]

@neuronakaya

"We interviewed 10 brutally honest scientists and they all don't want you to know this one jaw dropping fact"

[uxmark@cosocial.ca]

@neuronakaya @EricLawton Oh really? Tell me more!

[mycotropic@beige.party]

@johnlogic @neuronakaya

I'll send you a PDF of one of mine if you'd like one!

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@neuronakaya On a tour of the museum of nature’s workshops and storage facility. …and spent thirty minutes talking with the mollusk expert. I could have been there for hours getting the excited brain dump from them.

[edwiebe@scribili.masto.host]

@hvanleeuwen Scientists also know that gb means gram bits. You want GB, gigabytes.

[justin@toot.io]

@neuronakaya that's usually just used in clickbait news article titles.

[beasom@mastodon.social]

@neuronakaya The other one is about scientific consensus. Science skeptics pretend there’s a cabal to present a united front. In reality, most scientists try their damndest to *disprove* accepted theories because that’s one very good way of making a name for yourself. Agreeing with everyone does nothing for your reputation. If a majority of scientists agree on anything — up to and including the color of the bloody sky — it’s because there’s no possible way to dispute the facts.

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@neuronakaya ️
As is evident every time I talk with someone
Internal conversation: “Ooohh! New person! Did they ever hear this new (scientific fact or discovery) before!?! They look like they really want to hear this!” (Definitely assumed this before opening mouth)
In a classroom raises hand: “I just wanted to comment on (various scientific factoids) that the rest of the class might be interested in this (random scientific fact related to factoid), it’s terribly fascinating!”

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@WTL @neuronakaya reminds me of an experience I had at a museum. Me, geeking out about the amazing insect collection, lady comes up to me and asks questions, I start going on and on about any insect she points at and then says “I need to write this down to help with my tours” (she was the tour guide )

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@sunscream @neuronakaya Exactly guilty as charged

[sunscream@mstdn.social]

@em_and_future_cats
Same here. I'll stop when they swipe their hand over their head and say, "that's way over my head." It's usually a signal that they want it to stop. Please stop.