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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It came from early on in studying the brain. A scientist said that we only understand what 10 percent of the brain does, and everyone ran with a misunderstanding of that idea.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains here. https://youtube.com/shorts/E4EjYfUBEvw?si=LO3GIURgZesHjo85

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sidenote, why does everyone hate Neil these days?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

He thinks he's so smart about everything and there's always this condescending tone.

Like no shit Neil?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oh god I forgot about that one lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Piling on, he totally misses the arguments and ideas being put forward by the interviewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT9Xv7pHG_4

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Okay well this is just trying to be funny. Did giggle a bit on the first one

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

The last one is perfection. We have [email protected], maybe we can get a !fuck_sports somewhere?