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  • The Report of the Committee Appointed by the Royal Society to Consider of the Best Method of Adjusting the Fixed Points of Thermometers; And of the Precautions Necessary to Be Used in Making Experiments with Those Instruments

    Seems fancy and legit, I see no reason to actually read it and confirm the info.



  • It’s just a really big coincidence that god happens to want all the exact same things they want and when their book explicitly says otherwise (taxing the rich, being generally kind to people) it’s actually a deeply convoluted metaphor for actually doing exactly what they wanted in the first place. Isn’t god “great”?








  • NounsAndWords@lemmy.worldtoAtheist Memes@lemmy.worldMoon
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    2 months ago

    Well it doesn’t say two equal pieces. Technically if I pick up a rock, I’ve split the world into two pieces: ‘this rock’ and ‘not this rock’ although I’m not sure I would consider it “clefting the world asunder” unless I was feeling very dramatic.



  • Low and middle-income countries in Asia face significant disparities in scientific capacity and ability to influence public policy, which is likely to affect responses to future pandemics, climate change and technological advancements such as Artificial Intelligence, according to the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA).

    I originally read the title as “it is more difficult to influence public policy in least-developed countries based on this study” but it appears it’s actually “it is more difficult for scientists to advocate for science-backed policies in least-developed countries.”