How do people buy into this?

[Flame]

Am i the only one in the world that is stupid, ignorant and is perfectly aware of it? I'm not going to vote a petition or take a weird non-scientific medicine.
I'm too much stupid to understand if it's good or not, so i can't trust every random people that have "the solution"! O.o


Anyway the basic rule is:
If someone is coming to you, claiming that have the solution that other don't have and selling to you a "complicated name thing or just so much rare that is awesome"...
...well
You know the answer, then.

[mvgulik]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/denial-science-chris-mooney

Thank you.

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Given the power of our prior beliefs to skew how we respond to new information, one thing is becoming clear: If you want someone to accept new evidence, make sure to present it to them in a context that doesn't trigger a defensive, emotional reaction.

Bummer, I suck at that, while having a family member that has gone off the deep end.

[Dzedajus]

Hey guys, want to know how to make cool crystals?

[borka]

Glas, string, water, sugar - i know since i was 4

[Dzedajus]

But seriously don't try this for obvious reasons.
Saw even more elaborate version of this, many laughs and casualties were had

[borka]

"dang kid didn't i tell you to blow and not to suck ?!?" ...

i guess we need to construct a machine for this ....

[Dzedajus]

No machine will always ever protect humans from their own stupidity.

[MagicManICT]

Mustard gas? Been a while, but don't recall that coming from bleach and ammonia. You do get Ammonium Chloride, though, which is toxic if you don't suffocate in the room first from being deprived of oxygen.

No idea what you'd get if you performed this experiment "safely" (properly ventilated, used a safe oxygen supply, etc).

Bob Dole, tell your mother she needs to avoid dihydrogen monoxide at all costs. The stuff will kill her and the city is pumping it straight into her house.