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Well, you can chose to conform to your familly, I guess.

High quality stuff

Thank you. So not having a proper garden increases the value?

That’s good for the conversation. But is it good for the society? The cattle type people have voting rights. It’s not unimportant what informations they are fed. As can be seen now more that ever.

Ok, but why?

I feel like the list is a mixed bag. There are things like flat earth, which are just against common sense, things like homeopathy, that sound promising to many people but were scientifically disproven many times.

And then there are many things that are mostly pseudoscience but can have some aspects that are true. For example aromatherapy is bullshit in general, but the smell of mint specifically was proven to have a beneficial effect on people’s mood. And there could be more smelling efects we don’t know about, so one day, we might witness the rise of a new science-based aromatherapy. Or Lysenkism - such a twisted terrible dark times for science! Such a disgrace, I always get angry just thinking about this totalitarian shit. But the Lamarckian evolution aspect is surprisingly not completely bullshit, as it turns out, now that we understand that genes are not the only vehicle for evolution and how things like epigenetics work. That’s one point for Lamarck though, not for Lysenko.

Our decisions should be based on what was proven by science. That doesn’t mean that’s all there is. Otherwise we wouldn’t need science anymore.

The list is very interesting, I’ve never heard of Minimum parking requirements and would definitely fall for that.

And it’s called a rhino! I do admit that I use the term horse-like rather broadly here.

According to Feng Shui, cacti are not suitable as home plants. Ergo Feng Shui is evil.

How else would you explain the Lunar effect?

That’s true only if you don’t want to or cannot look at the connector. The side with the seam goes to the part of the hole with the plastic bit.

Oh, thanks for the details!

I feel I lack some context here. What makes you think he thought it should be avoided? It sounds like he said it was hard and soul-crushing, but there’s nothing in the quote to indicate whether he thought it was worth the effort or not.

Botanist, no research now, though, mainy education. It’s pure fun.

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