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[–] chemical_cutthroat 146 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In layperson's terms: Standing in a certain spot while holding an iron bar will stop COVID from reproducing.

[–] andrewth09 79 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So long as that spot is 6 feet away from everyone else, they might be on to something. More research is required.

[–] Agent641 50 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If anyone breaks your social distancing, smack 'em with the iron bar

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

magnetoborne virion transmission prevention

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's some rocks I'm sure that can be used to kill covid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I recall Fearless Leader saying that covid can definitely be defeated if we can expose our insides to UV light. That's a hot rock, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm talking about the rocks that radiate an energy you can't see.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

UV is energy you can't see...

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[–] Hobbes_Dent 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Any rock can kill Covid if you get them hot enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Some rocks are naturally 'hot'.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

is that spot inside an active volcano?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 90 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is this Star Trek incantation shit

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm a little bit stoned and it took me like 2 solid minutes and several rereads to figure out what the fuck this was, and I still think it's just buzzword salad

[–] Maggoty 15 points 2 months ago

I'm not stoned and same.

[–] MrJameGumb 79 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They forgot to include the crucial step where you reverse the polarity of the neutron flow

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Oh come on that's just nonsense. Let's stick to real science here please.

All you need to do is make sure that the area has been sweeped by chronotron particles filtered through a multiphasic tachyon diffractor.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I think I lost neurons reading that.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Someone swallowed a dictionary.

[–] Doomsider 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The author really believes it and has even sued over it.

https://retractionwatch.com/2023/08/11/author- of-paper-on-covid-19-and-jade-amulets-sues-employer-for-mental-anguish-discrimination/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago

Yeah... Hmm... Oh yeah.

I know some of these words.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (7 children)
[–] LilDumpy 20 points 2 months ago (9 children)

From Wikipedia

Serpentinization is a hydration and metamorphic transformation of ferromagnesian minerals, such as olivine and pyroxene, in mafic and ultramafic rock to produce serpentinite.

[–] LilDumpy 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lithosphere:

A lithosphere (from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) 'rocky' and σφαίρα (sphaíra) 'sphere') is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the lithospheric mantle, the topmost portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of up to thousands of years or more.

[–] LilDumpy 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Magnetic Anomaly

In geophysics, a magnetic anomaly is a local variation in the Earth's magnetic field resulting from variations in the chemistry or magnetism of the rocks. Mapping of variation over an area is valuable in detecting structures obscured by overlying material.

[–] LilDumpy 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Proterozoic Eon

Proterozoic rocks have been identified on all the continents and often constitute important sources of metallic ores, notably of iron, gold, copper, uranium, and nickel.

[–] LilDumpy 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Weakened geomagnetic field:

Over the last 200 years, the magnetic field has lost around 9% of its strength on a global average. A large region of reduced magnetic intensity has developed between Africa and South America and is known as the South Atlantic Anomaly.

[–] LilDumpy 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Biogenic molecules

A biogenic substance is a product made by or of life forms.

aka fake buzz word

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

This pseudo science made the photosynthesis in my arepa produce chemtrail fuel

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay, but now I really want to read the rest of the paper to see what R'lyehian incantations it contains.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (6 children)

There is no ~~war~~ pandemic in Ba Sing Se

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

The fuck did I just read?

[–] homesweethomeMrL 13 points 2 months ago
[–] Seleni 12 points 2 months ago
[–] Dubidu1212 11 points 2 months ago

Here the Research Gate link if you want to check out the full extent of this XD http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30887.09128

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That sudy screams confirmation bias.

This is like "Is this the best barber in the world of Italian/Irish heritage with scorleosis and balding hairline named Joseph?" .... The answer is always: "Probably, yes"

[–] NocturnalMorning 11 points 2 months ago

Was there a competition for longest paper title that I missed?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

serpentinization, lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago
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