VoltaicSketchyTeapot

VoltaicSketchyTeapot t1_j916fbd wrote

Reply to comment by FraseraSpeciosa in Religious Hermit Found Buried in The Fetal Position. The woman buried was living with septic arthritis and also advanced venereal syphilis. This would have meant she lived with severe, visible symptoms of infection affecting her entire body, and later on, neurological and mental health decline by Wagamaga

>people still fall for the logical fallacies she did.

She didn't fall for a logical fallacy. With the information she had at the time (apparently this was very early for syphilis), she made the most logical decision for her life.

People today have the opportunity to understand more of the underlying science. They're different and we shouldn't insult this woman comparing her to current events.

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VoltaicSketchyTeapot t1_j8l24w5 wrote

Reply to comment by ackermann in TIFU by getting dumped for taking a dump. by 6millionwaystolive

We have a water leak at work and the water is shut off. We have a lot of 5 gallon bottles of water, so we can flush the toilets. However, the water doesn't pour out of the bottle fast enough to flush the toilet. I've successfully done a bucket flush in the same toilet when we had a tank refilling problem, so I would claim to know what I'm doing.

Filling the tank is the only way to get enough pressure to flush using a 5 gallon water bottle.

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VoltaicSketchyTeapot t1_j7986p2 wrote

Reply to comment by favouritemistake in Political views can be predicted by differences in brain activity. Study says political differences don’t just emerge when it comes to how we interpret reality around us; our brains actually ‘see’ different things depending on our politics. by mossadnik

Because the former is consciousness and the latter is biology.

Yes, you can change your opinions, but that's not neuroplasticity at play. Neuroplasticity is the ability of individual neurons to form new pathways when necessary. Neuroplasticity is your brain reteaching itself to feel pain after a stroke cut off that original pathway.

We don't know enough about consciousness to know exactly which neurons play what role in consciousness (our ability to form opinions). Maybe neuroplasticity plays some role, but consciousness is way more complicated than a few electrical impulses figuring a new route to the same destination.

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VoltaicSketchyTeapot t1_j6ba9co wrote

Reply to comment by Battlepikapowe4 in Will the imprinted advertisement stickers on books ever go away? by Battlepikapowe4

I work in a print shop.

The problem isn't the stickers. It's that the people buying the stickers don't understand that adhesives and paper matter.

It's the same with price tags and sale stickers. It's all well and good until you try to peel off the sticker and it doesn't come off cleanly. In a perfect world, the people buying the stickers would purchase the correct sticker stock for the application so that it's always easy to remove.

When done correctly, stickers are always better than the movie/tv show tie-in cover.

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