#hypotheses

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

So we don't know, exactly, how most birds are related to each other

so, for fun:

more polls that can't get derailed

had to cut the et al for space, sorry

enjoy

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The search for patterns without critical analysis, and rigid skepticism without a search for patterns, are the antipodes of incomplete science. The effective pursuit of knowledge requires both functions...

Without these experimental tests, very few physicists would have accepted general relativity. There are many hypotheses in physics of almost comparable brilliance and elegance that have been rejected because they did not survive such a confrontation with experiment. In my view, the human condition would be greatly improved if such confrontations and willingness to reject hypotheses were a regular part of our social, political, economic, religious and cultural lives.

—Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden pp 192-93 (1976)

(Robert Scott Horton)

[fieriframes]

[Naturally, I came up with a few hypotheses.]

[ghost-bxrd]

"I think I excused myself, then. Or just left without saying anything. I might have broken down in the restroom, or lost some time, because the next thing I remember is [REDACTED] hauling me to my feet and away. Telling me to get a grip, that they’re fine." Okay so if the researcher is being hauled to their feet and out of the bathroom, im going to assume it isnt Babs bc shes in a wheelchair. also [redacted] was in the same bathroom as the MR/ able to go into it so is MR male too??

also is the organisation theyre working for pre-established in canon or one invented for this fic with ppl from all over DC (im kinda guessing the latter bc you said Mr x [redacted] was a rare pair)

also² can you tell us if [redacted] is on the MR list or not??? can also include ppl removed for paradoxes

Babs didn’t start out in a wheelchair though! So this could very well be a time when she was still capable of walking.

The part where [redacted] just walks into the bathroom though is a good point! We could argue that a group of high end researchers wouldn’t have divided restrooms, but that’s neither here nor there. So over all, it could point in the direction of the MR also being male 🌊👁️

The organization is a pre established one! So it definitely exists in the DC universe. The members however could include any-/everybody 🤭

And nope sorry, not making it that easy hehe ✨ I might be coerced into doing a separate list for [redacted] tho~

[thequeenofsastiel]

I wonder if there's any data about if humans that find baby animals cuter than baby humans are less likely to reproduce. Because I just saw a post hypothesizing that the reason humans are so endeared by baby animals is because it's necessary to find baby humans cute to the point of being willing to care for them for the very long amount of time that it takes for them to become self sufficient. Much longer than most animals, for some reason that I'd be happy to have explained to me in the notes. Like, I get that it's because of the fact that we need longer for our brains to fully function, but it still feels counterintuitive. Anyway, that's the idea the poster has about human attitudes towards baby animals. Which seems like a reasonable hypothesis. So I'm just curious if people who have wires crossed in their heads that makes them find baby animals cuter than baby humans results in them being less likely to willingly reproduce. Especially women, who bear the brunt of the effort involved in reproduction. Me, for instance. Human babies are cute, sure, but they don't come close to puppies and kittens for me. And I'm entirely unwilling to rip my body apart merely for the sake of scratching an instinctive itch. I'm also not interested in adopting a baby, given that I view the notion of caring for an infant, at least for an extended period of time, to be a great burden. I know not everyone feels that way, but I do. Perhaps if I lived in a communal environment where there were lots of people helping to care for a single child I would feel differently, but as it is, if I was to have an infant, it's likely I'd be stuck with just me and one other person and like. No thank you.

What do y'all think?

[critical-skeptic]

Science Is Definitely Not For Idiots

Let’s indulge in a merciless, blistering critique of the shallow, willful ignorance permeating this brand of anti-science rhetoric, dissecting its roots in conspiratorial bias, intellectual laziness, and performative outrage.

Oh, the Tragedy of Basic Understanding

It’s truly impressive—and by “impressive,” I mean depressingly consistent—that the people peddling this kind of hollow, thoughtless rhetoric misunderstand the scientific process at a molecular level. The meme captures, with unwitting precision, their simultaneous failure to grasp grade-school concepts and their smug certainty in misrepresenting those concepts to reinforce their biases.

Let’s start with a fundamental truth that should not be revolutionary to anyone past the age of seven: science is not a religion. It’s not a dogma. It’s not an oracle that dispenses unchanging, eternal truths upon demand. Science is a method. It’s a process of forming hypotheses, testing those hypotheses, collecting data, and refining or discarding ideas based on evidence. Science changes precisely because it is tethered to reality, evidence, and the willingness to abandon ideas when they are proven wrong. This adaptability is a feature, not a flaw.

Why, Then, Is This So Hard to Grasp?

The simple answer is: it’s not. The complex answer is that it serves a rhetorical purpose for those who don’t actually care about science but instead weaponize their misunderstanding as a cultural wedge. This strain of ignorance feeds on QMAGA conspiratorial thinking, which thrives on two key beliefs: (1) everything is a hidden plot against “common folks” and (2) expertise and knowledge are inherently suspicious, because they threaten their worldview of comfortable certainties.

So when science changes because new evidence emerges, these people don’t see that as progress. They see it as “proof” that science is unreliable, elitist, or even malicious. They are not interested in improving their understanding. Why bother, when the real purpose is to bludgeon reality into submission and reinforce their fragile sense of self-righteous superiority?

Irony, Ignorance, and the Ouroboros of Confidence

The layers of irony here are too thick to chisel through without breaking a sweat. These are the same people who, when faced with the implications of scientific evidence—be it climate change, vaccine efficacy, or public health measures—scream, “TRUST THE SCIENCE, RIGHT?” while flailing their arms and huffing with indignation. They misinterpret “trust the science” to mean “accept the current consensus as immutable dogma.” But no. That’s not what it means. It never was.

To any actual adult human being who graduated elementary school, “trust the science” means trusting the process: the peer review, the repeatability of experiments, the transparent presentation of data. Science builds, self-corrects, and grows stronger through this critical, open process. But these crusaders aren’t interested in that. They want science to be a one-time proclamation that aligns with their worldview, or they’ll smear it as fraudulent.

It’s almost poetic how they present themselves as warriors against the shifting sands of scientific evidence when, in reality, they are terrified of change itself. Any new data or conclusion that doesn’t confirm their beliefs is an attack on them personally. It’s a conspiracy. It’s the “elites.” It’s “big pharma” or “big science” or whatever imaginary cabal they’ve conjured this week to feel less impotent.

The Perpetual Victim Complex of Anti-Intellectualism

It must be exhausting to maintain this level of willful ignorance, where reality is a personal affront and facts are pliable things that exist only to inconvenience you. This meme is a snapshot of that perpetual victimhood—the idea that they are somehow being “held accountable” for their past words or actions by a “shifting” science.

Let’s talk about accountability. Accountability isn’t persecution; it’s part of intellectual growth. When the evidence changes, your conclusions must change. Otherwise, you’re not practicing critical thinking; you’re entrenching yourself in dogma. And what’s worse, you’re pretending that this obstinance makes you brave or wise. It doesn’t. It makes you fragile and unfit for complex discussions about society, health, technology, or the future.

A Reality Check (Not That You’ll Accept It)

If you honestly want to challenge science, you can. But here’s the catch: you have to play by the rules of the scientific method. You have to know how to read data, perform tests, and understand statistics. You have to submit your findings for peer review. You have to accept criticism and the possibility that you’re wrong. This isn’t a fucking Facebook argument you can win by memes or shouting louder. This is real life.

And the beauty of science? When you bring legitimate evidence, it changes. Yes, that is how reality works. This is what separates it from your shallow, performative, armchair “gotchas” on social media. “But muh science changed!” you scream. Yes, it changed because it is supposed to. It’s time you grew up enough to realize that clinging to static “truths” is for dogmatists, not for rational adults.

In Conclusion: Unmasking Your Bad Faith

When you smugly meme about “The Science,” you’re not making a brave stand for truth or holding anyone accountable. You’re outing yourself as a coward who cannot handle complexity or self-reflection. You are not challenging a system; you are merely whining that the system expects you to grow and learn. And that, in the end, is the core of this conspiracy-fueled charade. Not the pursuit of truth. Not accountability. Just pure, undiluted fear of a world that will not stay comfortably within the lines you’ve drawn.

Try harder next time. Science demands it. Reality demands it. And frankly, we all deserve better than this clownish drivel.

[rain-and-a-nice-nap]

Ok so, hear me out (someone’s probably already thought this but I’m typing it anyhow. It also may be common knowledge(?) I haven’t seen anything yet though)

SO! The MC’s thoughts are in parenthesis. They’re pretty regular speech, and pretty funny, right? You can see an example in the quest about the Conch and it being hacked and whatnot when you investigate folks.

When you investigate trash cans and other things though, it is not in parenthesis. Could just be how the game is designed? But, the humor is different and it’s talking in second person instead of first. So we have a little narrator. By chance, are we speaking to the stellaron?

The lady who is the guardian of the ice planet seems to be speaking to the one ruining the planet in order to protect the architects (I think? Please correct me, I’m not even through with most of the underground content).

So I think we’re being spoken to by that big guy who told us to explode. I am assuming it’s him because all of the consciousness of the aeons in Hertas contraption thing think we’re this other guy (till they realize we’re not but they continue anyway) and I can’t think of anyone else who would be entwined with our soul soooo…

Which would also beg the question, are stellarons beings?? Gods gone rogue??? I don’t know. I didn’t ask some of those questions in game, maybe they’re answered.

[badplacetohaveagoodtime]

Hey biology and/or history side of tumblr, if men are able to lactate, might there have been a time where women and men would both feed their child in like shifts or something.

[mars-ipan]

the recent eye color post on yesornopolls is intriguing me a lot bc. well. statistically more people should be answering yes to the question here than they are. but obvs the point of yesornopolls is yes or no questions so we can’t exactly do a follow up there. so i’m going into more depth here because i can do what i want

obvs this poll isn’t gonna get as much traction as the poll blog’s will, but it’ll still be interesting to look at the results of it and compare them methinks

(bee tee dubs if your eyes change color based on lighting answer with the color they are most often. pick whatever color you’d put on a legal ID. also the heterochromia button is there with complete heterochromia in mind but if you have central/sectoral heterochromia and feel none of the other options fit you then. go for it i suppose)

i know i forgot gray eyes can you all please relax about it. this is a poll on tumblr dot com it is not the end of the world if i forgot your eye color

[shiftinguniversity]

I love the idea that when we dream about our drs we're sleeping in them, because why do I keep having dreams where I dropped out of college after junior year? (I didn't.) The idea that I'm dreaming as Alternate Universe Me feels like a more fun explanation than the probable truth that I just didn't feel done with academia and my subconscious is punishing me for "joining the workforce" instead of going to grad school

[gurutrends]

Man followed and killed woman after arguing in a bar

Early Sunday morning, Derly Yuliana Soto Aristizábal , 31, lost her life at the hands of a man after an argument in a bar in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia. The incident occurred around 2:36 a.m. when Derly left the premises after arguing with the man, who, out of anger, followed her, it was reported. According to witnesses, the attacker, identified as Jhonatan Andrés Meneses Areiza , alias…

[thinkwellassumenothing]

Compatible: Science, Religion & Your Life

[esthelle-wanders]

This is why Time paired them!

Prior to the split, Legend was pretty much alternating between messing with people (Warriors and Sky) or worrying about them (Wild and Twilight).

But he doesn’t have to worry about Hyrule! Legend’s free to be in his element.

And he can tease Hyrule with zero consequences, because—

Hyrule’s in his element, too.

They’re adorable.

TLDR, Time knows what he’s doing.

Source

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

Beauty is a succession of hypotheses.

from In Search of Lost Time, Book 2: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust

[monstruktor]

Empenho

Pratico a motivação da melhoria, e esse empenho vem da noção de algo melhor. Isentar um mundo das suas soluções práticas é uma escolha difícil, mas que precisa ser considerada como um ato de purga disciplinar. Passar a considera mais questões, indagações e hipóteses, enquanto derivações empenhadas na solução que não se extingue por esse processo mas que se alonga, se estende e se valida no…

[dandelionsarenotfruit]

One of my pet hypotheses is that soup is like Radiohead, in that there's such a diverse collection of soups / Radiohead songs that surely you will like at least one soup / Radiohead song, even if you say you hate soup / Radiohead.

Soup and Radiohead are both too diverse in their infinite manifestations for this to be false.

For example, I did not think I liked Radiohead until I (very belatedly) heard "Just (You Do It To Yourself)" in 2007, but I've always loved soup. However, I didn't know I loved tomato soup until my 20s because my mom hated it and refused to serve it to us. You never know when you'll experience the perfect new soup / Radiohead song.