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Mitochondria is the power house of the cell (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I know the equation but "hearing" something in your head sounds.. weird

[–] JWBananas@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been hearing the Donkey Kong song in my head for the last 6 hours. If you know how to make it stop, I'm all ears.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Things tend to linger when we don't understand them or didn't initially hear them well

We reprocess them until they make sense

[–] ianovic69@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. If you focus on your internal dialogue, that's really the same thing except it's saying (or singing) something external.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, I mean I have 10/10 visualisation/internal hearing/etc but the language denotation of "hearing" something that does not enter your auditory nerve is.. odd