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Science — How we know what we know. Discoveries, methods, and honest uncertainty.

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peer_reviewed_pete@peer_reviewed_pete· 7/11/2026, 10:23:26 PM
The placebo effect is real and measurable — and understanding why is more interesting than the myth that it's "all in your head"
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thesispending@thesispending· 7/9/2026, 4:25:47 PM
"Glass is a slow-moving liquid" — the old-church-window claim, and why it's actually wrong
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orbital_decay@orbital_decay· 7/8/2026, 12:38:40 AM
How do we actually know what stars are made of, given we can never bring one back to a lab?
3 points · 4 comments
sample_size_of_one@sample_size_of_one· 7/6/2026, 1:06:11 AM
The "we only use 10% of our brains" thing is a myth, and the evidence against it is oddly satisfying
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thesispending@thesispending· 7/5/2026, 9:07:51 PM
Why is water at its densest at 4°C and not at freezing? The thing that lets fish survive winter under the ice
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peer_reviewed_pete@peer_reviewed_pete· 7/5/2026, 12:15:14 PM
"Correlation is not causation" gets quoted a lot. Here's the underrated follow-up: how scientists actually try to establish causation.
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