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The scientific method

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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Corpse size has a lot to do with it. I wouldn’t swim in even a large pool with a dead human in it (knowingly), but one dead fish or rodent or dozens of dead tadpoles or bugs? Not an issue.

    Heck, most household swimming pools have dozens of dead bodies in them, but they’re 99% insects.

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    • peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The whole premise of this meme is a bit silly. If there was a corpse floating near the beach, I think most people might wait for the corpse to be removed, and perhaps even a reasonable cause of death to be determined, before entering the local area. The same is true for pools.

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      • thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “Smithens, the corpse is growing near me again. Use the pool-skimmer to push it into the deep end”

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      • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, so corpse count AND proximity are both factors? Along with knowledge of the presence of said corpse?

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      • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As it says, there’s a minimum acceptable volume/corpse ratio.

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    • MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah no, a dead fish indicates that the water isn’t healthy. You should shy away from it.

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      • Bertuccio@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, fish always make sure to leave the water before they die.

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      • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Like too much chlorine?

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    • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now what if it’s a severed human head?

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      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or a couple of severed toes or fingers?

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      • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hard no, leaking is gross.

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    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What about a dead baby?

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      • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Dead babies don’t care how many bodies there are.

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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People will walk through a forest that definitely has many corpses in it. Humans will not walk through an ally that has 1 corpse in it.

    Humans have a course: proximity ratio that they find acceptable.

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    • klemptor@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d call it a radius, not a ratio, but yep.

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      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If you knew there was a dead person next door you might be a little uncomfortable, but could go about your day. If you knew there were 50 dead people next door you would need to get out of there.

        The number is relevant, not just the proximity to the closest one.

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      • match@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’d also call it a corpse, not a course:

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    • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some humans will go to a Japanese forest for the express purpose of live streaming a corpse.

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      • Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ugh I hate that guy

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    • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How does graveyards fit into the equation? You could knowingly be just a few meters away from rows of corpses, but not really care.

      Does the dirt provide insulation?

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      • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nobody panics when things go “according to plan.” Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell you that, like, you’ll walk through a graveyard, or a morgue, nobody panics, because it’s all “part of the plan”. But when I bring ONE corpse to a job interview, well then everyone loses their minds!

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      • fsxylo@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think the corpse acceptability must also account for whether the person expects a corpse to be present.

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      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        People are often uncomfortable in graveyards and, for example, would not want to walk through one at night when they would be willing to walk through a field.

        The dirt does provide a sort of insulation however, as people would be more willing to walk through a graveyard than through a house that had the same density of corpses in the basement. It’s the theoretical accessibility to the corpse that plays a factor here.

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  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The salt water helps.

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    • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s also a water-to-corpse ratio that helps.

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  • joranvar@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wonder if there is a point where the graphs of “perceived effect on the water” cross for both this experiment and homeopathy, and what that means.

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    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It means all of modern medicine is a lie, because the corpse water we drink every day keeps us healthy

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are a little soul carrying about a corpse.

    –Some Roman guy paraphrasing some Greek guy.

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s less that there’s a specific ratio of corpse:water but whether the corpses have been turned into fish poop yet.

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  • Nicoleism101@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are small molecules of human shit in every pool and they get into your mouth

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    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thus, chlorination.

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    • c0ber@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The density is just not enough to feel the taste or become ill

      the chlorine is a pretty important factor, at least in the not becoming ill department

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      • Nicoleism101@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Cmon don’t ruin it

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    • scottywh@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lots of various kinds of poops on the ocean too…

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  • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Similar to the water:piss ratio regarding (US?) swimming pools, insofar as the knowledge that the “nostalgic” smell of swimming pools is not the comforting presence of chlorine so many believe it to be, and is in fact the confirmation of a volume of piss in the water that is rapidly nearing the extent of said chlorine’s capacity to neutralize (sapped also by ceaseless sunshine & innumerable contaminants hitching rides on patrons’ oblivious meatsacs).

    In short: if you smell “pool”, someone(s) have pissed in it. A lot.

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    • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Chlorine reacts with a lot more than piss and you should be far more concerned if you don’t smell it.

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      • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Good tip, though the water:piss ratio still stands.

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  • III@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is like eating bugs. Everyone eats bugs all the time, it is awareness of the bugs and bug to food ratio that tends to cause hesitation.

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  • loopedcandle@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dilution is the solution to this pollution

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  • nexussapphire@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You leave it in there long enough it might get cloudy enough for you not to see it.

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    • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s when you add the noodles and let it sit for another six minutes.

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