Monday, June 29, 2020
ZOHNERISM : TWISTING FACTS TO CONFUSE PEOPLE
*Twisting of simple facts to confuse people*.
In 1997, 14 year old Nathan Zohner presented his science fair project to his classmates, seeking to ban a highly toxic chemical from it’s everyday use.
The chemical in question? *Dihydrogen monoxide*.
Throughout his presentation, Zohner provided his audience scientifically correct evidence as to why this chemical should be banned.
He explained that dihydrogen monoxide:
Causes severe burns while it’s in gaseous form.
Corrodes and rusts metals.
Kills countless amounts of people annually.
Is commonly found in tumors, acid rain etc.
Causes excessive urination and bloating if consumed.
Zohner also noted that the chemical is able to kill you if you depend on it and then experience an extended withdrawal.
*He then asked his classmates if they actually wanted to ban dihydrogen monoxide*.
And so *43 out of the 50 children* present voted to ban this clearly toxic chemical.
However…this chemical isn’t typically considered toxic at all.
*In fact, dihydrogen monoxide is simply an unconventional name for water*.
Nathan Zohner’s experiment wasn’t a legitimate attempt to ban water, but instead *an experiment to get a representation of how gullible people can really be*.
Also, all of the points that Zohner used to convey his point were 100% factually correct; he just skewed all of the information in his favor by omitting certain facts.
One journalist eventually dubbed this event as *Zohnerism*, where *true facts are misled towards false conclusions*.
*And this occurs a lot more often than you think, especially when politicians, conspiracy theorists, etc., use proven facts to persuade people into believing false claims*.
*The fact that people can mislead, and be misled so easily, is highly unsettling*.
PRACTICAL ADVICE FROM HEAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Now something practical and honest from the :
Head of the Infectious Disease Clinic, University of Maryland,
USA:
1. We may have to live with C19 for months or years. Let's not deny it or panic. Let's not make our lives useless. Let's learn to live with this fact.
2. You can't destroy C19 viruses that have penetrated cell walls, drinking gallons of hot water - you'll just go to the bathroom more often.
3. Washing hands and maintaining a
two-metre physical distance is the best method for your protection.
4. If you don't have a C19 patient at home, there's no need to disinfect the surfaces at your house.
5. Packaged cargo, gas pumps, shopping carts and ATMs do not cause infection.
Wash your hands, live your life as usual.
6. C19 is not a food infection. It is associated with drops of infection like the ‘flu. There is no demonstrated risk that C19 is transmitted by ordering food.
7. You can lose your sense of smell with a lot of allergies and viral infections. This is only a non-specific symptom of C19.
8. Once at home, you don't need to change your clothes urgently and go shower!
Purity is a virtue, paranoia is not!
9. The C19 virus doesn't hang in the air. This is a respiratory droplet infection that requires close contact.
10. The air is clean, you can walk through the gardens (just keeping your physical protection distance), through parks.
11. It is sufficient to use normal soap against C19, not antibacterial soap. This is a virus, not a bacteria.
12. You don't have to worry about your food orders. But you can heat it all up in the microwave, if you wish.
13. The chances of bringing C19 home with your shoes is like being struck by lightning twice in a day. I've been working against viruses for 20 years - drop infections don't spread like that!
14. You can't be protected from the virus by taking vinegar, sugarcane juice and ginger! These are for immunity not a cure.
15. Wearing a mask for long periods interferes with your breathing and oxygen levels. Wear it only in crowds.
16. Wearing gloves is also a bad idea; the virus can accumulate into the glove and be easily transmitted if you touch your face. Better just to wash your hands regularly.
17. Immunity is greatly weakened by always staying in a sterile environment. Even if you eat immunity boosting foods, please go out of your house regularly to any park/beach.
Immunity is increased by EXPOSURE TO PATHOGENS, not by sitting at home and consuming fried/spicy/sugary food and aerated drinks.
Original article
https://theazb.com/we-will-live-with-covid19-for-months-lets-not-deny-it-or-panic-dr-faheem-younus/
A really good article.. in my opinion a must for everyone to read.
You can decide on your own
Sunday, June 28, 2020
EXCITING TRAIN JOURNEYS : THE WILD RIDE - GLACIER EXPRESS
THE
WILD RIDE - GLACIER EXPRESS
1,348,821
views•Feb 4, 2018
EXPLOREMARCO
5.32K
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Switzerland
has some of the most scenic train rides in the world. Crossing forests, tunnels
and bridges across the Alps, the Glacier Express is a dream for a lot of
people. The magic of this train takes another dimension in winter when all the
mountains are covered of fresh snow.
Grateful
thanks to EXPLOREMARCO and YouTube.
MY DREAM PLACES : ST. PETERSBURG
ST
PETERSBURG RUSSIA
SECOND
BEST CITY IN RUSSIA!
1,603,127
views•Sep 5, 2019
RUSSIANPLUS
123K
subscribers
Let's
visit St Petersburg - second biggest city in Russia! Museums, restaurants,
canals, stree musicians and people living in St Petersburg!
Gratefiul
thanks to RUSSIANPLUS and YouTube.
SCIENCE WATCH : THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL : MICHIO KAKU
THE
UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL : MICHIO KAKU
(FULL
PRESENTATION) | BIG THINK
11,377,616
views•Aug 15, 2012
BIG
THINK
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MICHIO
KAKU: The Universe in a Nutshell
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In a
profoundly informative and deeply optimistic discussion, Professor Michio Kaku
delivers a glimpse of where science will take us in the next hundred years, as
warp drives, teleportation, inter-dimensional wormholes, and even time travel
converge with our scientific understanding of physical reality. While firing up
our imaginations about the future, he also presents a succinct history of
physics to the present.
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MICHIO
KAKU:
Dr.
Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and is one of the most
widely recognized scientists in the world today. He has written 4 New York
Times Best Sellers, is the science correspondent for CBS This Morning and has
hosted numerous science specials for BBC-TV, the Discovery/Science Channel. His
radio show broadcasts to 100 radio stations every week. Dr. Kaku holds the
Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College
of New York (CUNY), where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a
visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study as well as New York
University (NYU).
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FASCINATING HISTORY: THE YEAR CIVILIZATION COLLAPSED
1177
BC: THE YEAR CIVILIZATION COLLAPSED
Dr.ERIC
CLINE
4,626,267
views•Oct 11, 2016
NCASVIDEO
37.8K
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From
about 1500 BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex
cosmopolitan and globalized world-system. It may have been this very
internationalism that contributed to the apocalyptic disaster that ended the
Bronze Age. When the end came, the civilized and international world of the
Mediterranean regions came to a dramatic halt in a vast area stretching from
Greece and Italy in the west to Egypt, Canaan, and Mesopotamia in the east.
Large empires and small kingdoms collapsed rapidly. With their end came the
world’s first recorded Dark Ages. It was not until centuries later that a new
cultural renaissance emerged in Greece and the other affected areas, setting
the stage for the evolution of Western society as we know it today. Professor Eric H. Cline of The George
Washington University will explore why the Bronze Age came to an end and whether
the collapse of those ancient civilizations might hold some warnings for our
current society.
Considered
for a Pulitzer Prize for his recent book 1177 BC, Dr. Eric H. Cline is
Professor of Classics and Anthropology and the current Director of the Capitol
Archaeological Institute at The George Washington University. He is a National
Geographic Explorer, a Fulbright scholar, an NEH Public Scholar, and an
award-winning teacher and author. He has degrees in archaeology and ancient
history from Dartmouth, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania; in May 2015,
he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree (honoris causa) from Muhlenberg
College. Dr. Cline is an active field
archaeologist with 30 seasons of excavation and survey experience.
The
views expressed in this video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the National Capital Area Skeptics.
Grateful
thanks to Dr.ERIC CLINE, NCASVIDEO and YouTube.
SELF-IMPROVEMENT : HOW I LEARNT TO EXERCISE MY MEMORY
HOW
I LEARNT TO EXERCISE MY MEMORY
ANASTASIA
WOOLMER | TEDXDOCKLANDS
348,709
views•Mar 15, 2019
TEDx
TALKS
25.6M
subscribers
Our
modern lives hinge on learning from a young age, but wouldn’t it be a lot
easier if we first learnt how to learn and remember?
Anastasia
Woolmer guides us on her journey from a physical to a mental athlete. After a
career as a professional Ballet and Contemporary dancer, she completed a
university degree with very little high school behind her. Like many of us, she
studied without the benefit of memory techniques, just a lot of over
preparation and late nights. Anastasia
discusses what a dramatic difference memory training has made on her life since
then. We can all benefit immensely from directed memory skills and a little
practice pays big dividends. This talk
reveals that combining the two types of fitness training – mental and physical
– helps us to achieve the most out of life.
Anastasia
is a two times Australian Memory Champion, is the first female to hold this
title and has set several Australian memory records along the way. Anastasia is
a 2 x Australian Memory Champion and holds several Australian memory records.
She is both a physical and mental athlete, with an international career as a
professional Ballet and Contemporary dancer. Her love of learning attracted her
to memory sports as a path to absorb new information quickly and she now helps
others to learn memory techniques. Anastasia is also uniquely able to
demonstrate the mental imagery she uses during memorisation.
Anastasia
believes combining both physical and mental fitness gives us the best chance
for a happy and full healthy life. She knows that anyone can train themselves
to perform remarkable memory feats and bypass slower conventional learning
methods. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format
but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
https://www.ted.com/tedx
Grateful
thanks to ANASTASIA WOOLMER, TEDXDOCKLANDS, TEDx TALKS and YouTube.
Saturday, June 27, 2020
MY DREAM PLACES : SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND
6,817,485
views•Sep 8, 2019
JEFF
AMADOR
39.8K
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Switzerland
in 4K
Filmed
in August 2019
Featuring:
Wengen, Lauterbrunnen Valley, Lucerne, Iseltwald, Schilthorn Piz Gloria,
Mürren,
Bachalpsee Lake, Oescheninsee, Zermatt, Matterhorn, Bern, First Cliff Walk,
Grindelwald, Zurich
Grateful
thanks to JEFF AMADOR and YouTube.
SCIENCE WATCH: WHAT IS AN ATOM AND HOW DO WE KNOW?
WHAT
IS AN ATOM AND HOW DO WE KNOW?
1,074,208
views•Sep 19, 2018
STATED
CLEARLY
355K
subscribers
Ever
wonder how we actually know that atoms exist? Here we'll learn what atoms are
and exactly how scientists went about figuring all this out.
Grateful
thanks to STATED CLEARLY and YouTube.
TRAVEL: TOP 7 INCREDIBLE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS OF 2020
TOP
7 INCREDIBLE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS OF 2020
1,211,269
views•Dec 10, 2018
ERIK
CONOVER
1.41M
subscribers
The
Top Travel Destinations of 2020! A list of where you NEED to travel in 2019! I
share with you the best World travel destinations of 2019 with travel guides in
each location.
Grateful
thanks to ERIK CONOVER and YouTube.
INTERESTING SPEECHES: J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement
J.
K. ROWLING'S MAGICAL HARVARD SPEECH
(with
Big Subtitles)
267,378
views•Nov 15, 2018
BEST
ENGLISH SPEECHES
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Joanne
Rowling, born 31 July 1965, writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and
Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film producer,
television producer and screenwriter, best known for writing the Harry Potter
fantasy series. The books have won multiple awards, and sold more than 500
million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history. They have
also been the basis for a film series, over which Rowling had overall approval
on the scripts and was a producer on the final films in the series.
Born
in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, Rowling was working as a researcher and
bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for
the Harry Potter series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in
1990. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, birth of
her first child, divorce from her first husband and relative poverty until the
first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was
published in 1997. There were six sequels, of which the last, Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows, was released in 2007. Since then, Rowling has written five
books for adult readers: The Casual Vacancy (2012) and—under the pseudonym
Robert Galbraith—the crime fiction novels The Cuckoo's Calling (2013), The
Silkworm (2014), Career of Evil (2015), and Lethal White (2018).
Rowling
has lived a "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from
living on state benefits to being the world's first billionaire author. She
lost her billionaire status after giving away much of her earnings to charity,
but remains one of the wealthiest people in the world. She is the United
Kingdom's bestselling living author, with sales in excess of £238M. The 2016
Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £600 million, ranking her
as the joint 197th richest person in the UK. Time named her a runner-up for its
2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration
she has given her fans. In October 2010, Rowling was named the "Most
Influential Woman in Britain" by leading magazine editors. She has
supported charities, including Comic Relief, One Parent Families and Multiple
Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, and launched her own charity, Lumos.
Grateful
thanks to J.K.ROWLING, BEST ENGLISH SPEECHES and YouTube.
ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW TO GREEN THE WORLD'S DESERTS AND REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE
HOW
TO GREEN THE WORLD'S DESERTS AND
REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE
ALLAN SAVORY
4,185,716
views•Mar 5, 2013
TED
17.4M
subscribers
"Desertification
is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory
in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to about
two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing
traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted
his life to stopping it. He now believes -- and his work so far shows -- that a
surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that
was once desert.
TEDTalks
is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED
Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their
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Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.
Grateful
thanks to ALLAN SAVORY, TED TALKS and YouTube.
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