<![CDATA[Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist.]]>Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist.

Scientists are famous oversharers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/f588d113-6599-4a7a-a128-c73906102c43/anyone-saying-scientists-don-t-want-you-to-know-this-fact-has-never-met-a-scientist.RSS for NodeSat, 02 May 2026 10:00:10 GMTFri, 01 May 2026 14:50:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Sat, 02 May 2026 02:57:38 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/sunscream/statuses/116502734969761817https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/sunscream/statuses/116502734969761817Sat, 02 May 2026 02:57:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Sat, 02 May 2026 02:40:56 GMT]]>@sunscream @neuronakaya 🤣🤣🤣💯Exactly 😹guilty as charged 😹

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116502669332420240https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116502669332420240Sat, 02 May 2026 02:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Sat, 02 May 2026 02:39:02 GMT]]>@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 😹)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116502661835036708https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116502661835036708Sat, 02 May 2026 02:39:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Sat, 02 May 2026 02:28:21 GMT]]>@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!”😹

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116502619861067456https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116502619861067456Sat, 02 May 2026 02:28:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Sat, 02 May 2026 00:06:53 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/beasom/statuses/116502063589048202https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/beasom/statuses/116502063589048202Sat, 02 May 2026 00:06:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 23:48:12 GMT]]>@neuronakaya that's usually just used in clickbait news article titles.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.io/users/justin/statuses/116501990109945953https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.io/users/justin/statuses/116501990109945953Fri, 01 May 2026 23:48:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 23:44:20 GMT]]>@hvanleeuwen Scientists also know that gb means gram bits. You want GB, gigabytes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scribili.masto.host/ap/users/116268791300985227/statuses/116501974914755858https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scribili.masto.host/ap/users/116268791300985227/statuses/116501974914755858Fri, 01 May 2026 23:44:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 23:33:38 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116501932810804234https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116501932810804234Fri, 01 May 2026 23:33:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 22:22:36 GMT]]>@johnlogic @neuronakaya

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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/mycotropic/statuses/116501653533355505https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/mycotropic/statuses/116501653533355505Fri, 01 May 2026 22:22:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 22:02:07 GMT]]>@neuronakaya @EricLawton Oh really? Tell me more!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274132791170166/statuses/116501572949847420https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274132791170166/statuses/116501572949847420Fri, 01 May 2026 22:02:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 21:40:18 GMT]]>@neuronakaya

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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/D_Reno/statuses/116501487191716166https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/D_Reno/statuses/116501487191716166Fri, 01 May 2026 21:40:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 21:30:03 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://some.apz.fi/ap/users/116031884338016573/statuses/116501446903553442https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://some.apz.fi/ap/users/116031884338016573/statuses/116501446903553442Fri, 01 May 2026 21:30:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 21:03:03 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/strangetruther/statuses/116501340738480670https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/strangetruther/statuses/116501340738480670Fri, 01 May 2026 21:03:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 20:56:01 GMT]]>@johnlogic @neuronakaya and will then spend the rest of the day sobbing with joy because someone else wanted to read their paper.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Colman/statuses/116501313090390036https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Colman/statuses/116501313090390036Fri, 01 May 2026 20:56:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 20:35:42 GMT]]>@neuronakaya in my experience the only thing scientists don’t want you to know is they put on mismatched socks this morning and they’re still going to tell you that anyway.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116501233195373306https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116501233195373306Fri, 01 May 2026 20:35:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 20:28:45 GMT]]>@neuronakaya
Exactly. Most scientists seem more eager to share knowledge than hide it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/ap/users/116427334181608843/statuses/116501205853165686https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/ap/users/116427334181608843/statuses/116501205853165686Fri, 01 May 2026 20:28:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 20:22:10 GMT]]>@neuronakaya the idea that scientists ‘don’t want you to know a fact’ is statistically incompatible with their behavior

they publish ~2.5m papers/yr, upload 200k+ preprints, make >3m figures, and generate so many supplements that journals added file‑size limits because people kept submitting appendices the size of small video games

i once heard of 14gb of raw data uploaded ‘in case someone might care.’

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hvanleeuwen/statuses/116501179941239972https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hvanleeuwen/statuses/116501179941239972Fri, 01 May 2026 20:22:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 19:08:03 GMT]]>@darth_hideout @neuronakaya That's because you won't understand how awesome it is otherwise...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/martinlentink/statuses/116500888515452768https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/martinlentink/statuses/116500888515452768Fri, 01 May 2026 19:08:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 19:06:34 GMT]]>@redrummy unless it's a specific example of something that defies physics for educational purposes like Maxwell's daemon. @neuronakaya

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/skyglobe/statuses/116500882713609225https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/skyglobe/statuses/116500882713609225Fri, 01 May 2026 19:06:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 19:03:15 GMT]]>@neuronakaya
If you ask one to explain their work, it's often hard to get them to stop talking.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/sunscream/statuses/116500869613216392https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/sunscream/statuses/116500869613216392Fri, 01 May 2026 19:03:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 18:53:30 GMT]]>@neuronakaya my mother is a scientist

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116500819503648268/statuses/116500831333890686https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116500819503648268/statuses/116500831333890686Fri, 01 May 2026 18:53:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 18:50:35 GMT]]>@neuronakaya And they certainly never 100% agree on anything 😁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sancla/statuses/116500819809635058https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sancla/statuses/116500819809635058Fri, 01 May 2026 18:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 18:50:07 GMT]]>@neuronakaya and prolific over sharers I would say...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/martinlentink/statuses/116500817979259670https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/martinlentink/statuses/116500817979259670Fri, 01 May 2026 18:50:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist. on Fri, 01 May 2026 18:48:54 GMT]]>@neuronakaya all we need is a beer that doesn't make you fat but scientists "No! We want to know if there's life on Mars."
/s

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