re: Commonly held beliefs that you suspect are wrong

As a child, we were told you can't swallow your gum as it would stay with you for 7 years.

6 feet of physical separation does not transmit the "virus", yet 5'-11" is bad.

Americans landed on the moon in 1969 or any year thereafter.

The earth is a round globe shaped planet.

Space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986 73 seconds after lift-off as I watched live from my first grade class.

Joe Biden received 81M actual votes in the 2020 election from American citizens.

9-11 was done by Saudi terrorists.

Osama bin Laden killed by ST6 and his body was left out at sea less than 24 hours after he was killed.

Hideo Nomo was deserving of the ROTY in 1995 over Larry Chipper Jones.

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You really think that oil only comes from dinosaurs and not other decomposed organic materials trapped under sediment?

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I realize the claim isn’t just dinosaurs but it is the image always thrown out whenever an educational film is made on oil. Remember Ellen DeGeneres and the dinosaurs exhibit at Epcot? There are theories that oil is produced from other processes. 40,000 feet below the ocean floor is pretty deep even for algae and plankton.

The Fossil Fuel View vs. The Abiotic View

Mainstream Fossil Fuel Theory: Oil comes from ancient marine microfossils (like plankton and algae) that settled on the ocean floor millions of years ago, buried under sediment, and were "cooked" by heat and pressure.

Abiogenic Hypothesis: Oil is primordial material. Proponents argue that carbon is naturally present deep inside the Earth and hydrocarbons are continuously regenerated, meaning reserves would not be strictly finite.

Regardless, “fossil” would mean from plants or animals that are visible. Even scientist that don’t accept the abiogenic hypothesis will tell you it was from algae and plankton, not anything you would see on a fossil.

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I have healthy, straight, shoulder length hair. I tried going a day or two without washing it and I felt DISGUSTING. It changed how I view women. Now I look at them and think damn she's probably nasty I wonder how long it's been since she's washed her hair.

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I don't get it. If a dude went without washing himself somewhere on his body, women would be repulsed. But we got women bragging about going 5+ days without washing their hair in Louisiana summer.

It's wild how deep the brainwashing has gone.

When I got married, my hairdresser was like, "Please for the love of god wash your hair a day or two before". She said she gets people coming in with such disgusting hair she can't touch it or make it look decent when pulled up to expose the roots.

pyramids weren't tombs

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How did you land to be uncertain about 1.4 bln and certain of 980 mln starting point?

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It could all be wrong, but the point is they’re over reporting their population size to project more power.

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That poor kids are just as bright and talented as white kids.

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Methinks the downvotes are from politically unaware dolts and/or leftist scum.

If you lead a horse to water, you can't force it to drink. THE HELL YOU CAN'T. Beat the shite out of it.

What a non sequitur.

A criminal is not a "sovereign agent" exercising their liberty; they are a slave to external causes—trauma, bad genetics (mental illness), poor upbringing, or simple stupidity. As David Bentley Hart has argued, criminal justice should ultimately be about restoration. If a man is dangerous, you restrain him (like quarantining a patient with a contagious virus) to protect the community. But the goal of that confinement must be rehabilitation—waking up his rational mind so he can eventually see the Good and become truly free.

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I’m not convinced that second hand smoke is really that dangerous.

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I can buy the idea that living for years with a spouse who smokes indoors is bad, but beyond that it seems really overblown. Like, there's a sign on the QT by my house that says something like "Secondhand smoke kills 10,000 people every week!"

I don't buy that. Lop off at least 2-3 zeros there.

Also, back when I worked at a power plant I remember some "Public Interest Research Group" claiming that it was responsible for however many thousands of "excess deaths" per year. I never bought into that, either, nor into "economic impact" figures for sports teams, events, etc.

None of this stuff can be reasonably calculated. Some of it just doesn't stand up to basic deductive reasoning.

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That oil is a fossil fuel. I’m amazed how many dinosaurs lived 40,000 feet below today’s ocean floor where we drill.

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Your premises:
- All fossils are dinosaurs (false)
- geology is static over millions of years (false)

All that sea life that once existed in Midland TX is why the Permian Basin is rich in fossil fuels. Midland TX was not dinosaur boogie nights.