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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • I see a lot of hate against the concept of doing one’s own research on the internet and it really bothers me. The problem is not doing one’s own research. The scientists that wrote this paper also did their own research. All scientists (should) do their own research. That’s inherent to science and that’s part of what got humanity this far. The problem is that some people lack the capabilities to properly assess information sources and draw correct conclusions from them. So these people end up with incorrect beliefs. Of course they could just “trust the experts” instead, but how are they supposed to know which experts to trust if they’re not good at assessing sources of information? Finding those experts is in itself a task that requires you to do your own research.

    TL;DR: I think this hate on “doing your own research” is unjustified. People believing nonsense is a problem that is inescapable and inherent to humanity.


  • Bin ehrlich gesagt sehr überrascht das zu lesen. Ich esse zwar vegetarisch, finde aber trotzdem, dass Fleisch eindeutig die leckerste Proteinquelle ist. Fleischersatzprodukte sind für mich immer irgendwo von ungenießbar bis akzeptabel, aber nie lecker. Da esse ich lieber Alternativen wie Tofu oder Falafeln. Für Fleisch aus dem Labor würde ich dementsprechend auch ab und zu mal viel Geld zahlen, wenn erstmal geklärt ist, dass es keine besonderen gesundheitlichen Risiken gibt.


  • I use the app Inoreader for that. No idea if it’s the best, just the first one I tried and I’m happy with it.

    Then you just subscribe to the feeds you are interested in. Almost every blog or news site has an RSS feed. Just make sure you don’t subscribe to any that make dozens of posts per day, or you’ll end up overwhelmed. My personal favorite feeds are the top 10 daily hacker news and a few youtubers I like.


  • Totally relate to that. I love discovering new things and reading many different people’s thoughts on a topic, but every platform based around scrolling on a feed is too addictive to me. If I use them too much I can already start to feel some cognitive abilities decline after a few days. The slow pace of lemmy is really nice.

    You might also be interested in curating an RSS feed for yourself if you haven’t already.