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[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 hours ago

Well, after we ate that bowl of flowers and got the runs for 3 days straight, killing Bob, we wondered to which flowers are the toxic ones

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, no.

Humans saw measles, hunger, suffering, etc and decided to come up with science. Double blind trials and all are part of that to make it better and more reliable.

I get this is a meme, but this is kinda out there

[–] Darkmoon_UK@lemm.ee 7 points 13 hours ago

Trash post.

[–] projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I'm sorry but this is horse shit. Double blind tests are there for a reason. It's clear that OP does not understand how useful blind tests are and ist scientific purpose. He is probably an audiophile who was told that speaker wire do not make a difference when he bought overpriced cables :D

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 7 hours ago

I too prefer 32 core copper cable with 99% purity, sugar coated for reduced emf and distortion.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago

It's an absurdist joke. X)

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 14 points 21 hours ago

whoever wrote this has no idea what those words mean. they could have picked a million things scarier than that, and more confusing. quote some fuckin tax code

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Things to look forward to as you get older: You will understand fewer and fewer random things on the Internet.

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 7 hours ago
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 17 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, I gotta downvote this one, those trials save lives and make it possible to manage diseases that would otherwise cripple us.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

So far I have never excited anyone this much in my entire life

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That's what your wife told us all

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

We saw it and thought 'we should invent a process that prevents us from falling prey to the naturalistic fallacy'.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 4 points 19 hours ago

That looks like an image from a pharmaceutical commercial, so I'd say it's a little late for that.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah because there are snakes and insects and herbs and stuff out there and we gotta know how they work and which ones are useful. We are just min maxing our survival strategy to a degree where it doesnt look like survival strategy anymore.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Yep. Thank fuck we invented double blind RCTs.

Otherwise placebo effects might have us still convinced blood letting with leeches works.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Bloodletting was dismissed in the 1870s. The first double blind rct was 1943.

Additionally, we use leeches for certain situations.

In the last 25 years leech therapy has made a comeback in the area of microsurgery and reimplantation sur­gery. Hirudo medicinalis can secrete several biologically active substances including hyaluronidase, fibrinase, proteinase inhibitors, and hirudin, an anticoagulant.

The leech can help reduce venous congestion and prevent tissue necrosis. In this way it can be used in the postoperative care of skin grafts and reimplanted fingers, ears, and toes. Because of concern regarding second­ary infections a “mechanical leech” has been developed at the University of Wisconsin.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks professor, clearly we were wrong for thinking double blind is good if the leeches were dismissed without it.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Wow... You okay?

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago

I mean, bloodletting is rarely a valid treatment, and leeches can be good for it. The issue was more that it was overprescribed.

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What's absolutely insane about it is that we literally got here by accident. Some homeopathic crank was selling diluted poison water to people, so he created a double blind test to prove his "medicine" was actually better than doing nothing and telling someone they would feel better, which ended up proving him absolutely wrong conclusively along with creating the wellspring of all medical advancement in the last century.

Behind the bastards did a series on the guy who invented this, and how he was a charlatan who's only achievement was creating the means of proving himself wrong lmao Added a link if you want to check it out

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 42 points 1 day ago

Dude, how else do you hope to even start comprehending everything else out there! Measuring it makes it even more beautiful

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Close your eyes, that's as close as you'll get.

[–] porcelainpitcher@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Magnifying glass (you know, to burn stuff)?

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 20 hours ago

That's just re-aiming an inconsequential fraction of some of the sun's waste energy. Not control.

[–] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] porcelainpitcher@lemmy.today 1 points 4 minutes ago

Open your eyes, Children of the Lense! Harness the power of the Unbridled Star!