A Scientist Says He’s Solved the Bermuda Triangle, Just Like That

Popular Mechanics via Yahoo! News ^ | Sat, August 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM GMT | Tim Newcomb

[Inyo-Mono]

Bookmark.

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Gerbil Warning on a gerecruse.........

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Bad puns, bad puns what you gonna’s do,
when the puns come to pun with you?

Bad puns, bad puns what you gonna’s do,
when the puns come to pun with you?

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[mairdie]

>>Gerbil Warning on a gerecruse

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[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

“science communicator”
I have noticed on several of the Documentary TV channels which are no longer documentary but show UFOS ghosts BOOGER MEN, Yeti and other such nonsense use these so called science communicators. One is an editor for a Magazine and seems to get really excited about what he “sees”. “WOW! What is that thing!”
I learned decades ago if you aRe going to have a TV show about anything weird you better show something weird EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO FAKE IT.

[SunkenCiv]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[Tallguy]

Piper cubs over water?

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other such nonsense use these so called science communicators. One is an editor for a Magazine and seems to get really excited about what he “sees”

It all fits in with the current culturally popularity of "science", which is really just people enjoying nerdy trivia and learning exciting new things. Not that those are wrong, but they most definitely are not actual science. I can't help but wonder if it's intentional, as these same people are the ones who'll unquestioningly go along with things like dubious vaccine safety or Global Warming claims, as long as someone merely tells them it's "Science!". In many ways pop-culture "Science!" has displaced actual science in our society, and we're much the worse for it, because the former is much more easily faked and manipulated by those with political goals.

This Cyanide and Happiness webcomic I think encapsulates the "IFL Science" (driven by cultural superficial cultural motives) types quite well:

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I’m not sure about the cartoon’s message. If you love art or literature or law or business, what you really love are the exciting parts, and you put up with the routine ones. You can find ways to enjoy the boring parts, but do you love them? I suppose loving nature doesn’t mean just loving the Grand Canyon and Iguazu Falls, but the putdown of the well-meaning amateur who never pretends to be anything but an amateur goes a little far.