Curious layman

What stance? What's being belittled? This is the problem, I've got no idea what stance you think I'm taking. I made a comment about having heard the same thing in the op, and now I'm being accused of all sorts of shit. I've taken no stance.

Making what easy, what the fuck you going on about? What am I being accused of here? Once again you're making out like I'm accusing victims of being liars. You can f^^k off, you're pissing me off now. You're making all sorts of wild assumptions about me. 🖕🏻

I'm not. The OP is about rape. there about the same anyway. 2-6% http://www.open.ac.uk/research/news/false-accusations-sexual-violence Between 2-6% of a million, what the experts say, what's the problem here? I've retreated from none of my posts. Why would I need to retreat. From what?

Everyday feminism said it. Heres are better more reliable link which has about the same, 2-10% https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape You're coming across like you think I believe the number is really high. I don't and haven't said I do. I just said that I've heard people discussing this in various forms and mentioned something about a football player. That's it.

I believe what the experts say, about 2-7%. Maybe I'm wrong, but I get the impression you think my view is this, 'You can't assume the woman is automatically innocent because of how many of them are lying' It's not, the footballer story was just the same type of story that others had mentioned, so I mentioned one.

Yeah that poll was pretty f**king grim. You're right, it's not a subject matter to be vague with. And I'll admit, the people I know with the view posted in the OP have mainly been educated by memes.

To be fair, it says "some people" I think the problem is that the 'some people' are members of the general public or the extreme part of the me too movement. That's my experience. There probably having there views published to sell papers or make the debate more lively. In the U.K. The serious discussion is about removing jurors, and allowing the accuser to remain anonymous.

Um, no. I've had conversations about and heard on radio about how rape victims are treated in court by over aggressive barristers. Part of the conversation on several occasions has discussed whether it would be better, for the women, to be presumed to be telling the truth instead of being a liar, which seems to be the current approach by the police. Theres always someone who rings in or posts an opinion favouring the extreme point of view. Nobody's saying this is an official line or something thats being discussed by politicians, it isn't, it's just a topic that rears it head now and again.

Please explain how the f**k I'm supposed to get a citation from a discussion on talk radio, or a day time t.v. Show. What do you want me to do, secretly film my work colleagues talking about it, then post it here.

"Believe such an outlandish assertion" I not gonna lie, that's really pissed me off. How do you know what we talk about over here? it's no assertion, it's a fact. And what do you mean believe, this isn't something I've been told. This is something I've come across in my day to day life. At work, at home, out with friends. I'm not sure why you think I'm a liar, I can assure you I'm not.

Not from me you can't. These are things that I see discussed on daytime t.v., radio shows and the like. It was the story's of victims committing suicide that prompted it. There was one in particular that was on the news. These are the things they were discussing. It was the barristers behaviour that was the talking point rather than the victim/accused. It's one of those things that pops up in the news every now and again, presumably because they never actually do anything about it. There was a high profile one 5 minutes from where I live not long ago. Footballer Ched Evans was accused of rape, sentenced to prison. He spent 2+ years in prison before being found not guilty.

I've heard this said several times now in the U.K. Over here though, there have been several cases of rape victims committing suicide after giving evidence in court. There was some questions about how aggressively barristers where questioning witnesses, calling them liars and blaming/shaming etc... I was under the impression the 'automatically believed' was more to do with protecting the victims from over aggressive barristers. The problem was what beecee and tim.tdj pointed out, the false accusations. If you're innocent then you should be able to defend yourself, having restraints on what your barrister can do puts you at a disadvantage.

Wild ass guess, Some people like touching poop, and find 'disgusting stuff' interesting. So I think it's more learned behaviour than an actual thing in our brain. Going of the picture, that would suggest, to me anyway, the Sensory cortex, the Frontal lobe and the Temporal lobe is responsible. Complete guess of course.

https://www.livescience.com/baby-magnetar-pulsar.html

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/jan/quantum-tech-help-weigh-universes-most-elusive-particle

Not all predictions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Newtonian_dynamics#Outstanding_problems_for_MOND

Great vid. Thanks for sharing. Best bit- 12 mins in, talking about using reactor grade uranium to get to Alpha Centauri in 120 years. We could explore the whole solar system with an engine like that. Imagine waking up on a spaceship orbiting Jupiter, or Saturn, breathtaking. 🖖🏻

Jellyfish wall of water. I was going to post the video, but quality of the picture seemed to drop, so just a link. I couldn't find it of your link, found it on YouTube.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/science/jellyfish-swimming-vortex.html contains cool gif at the top of a jellyfish swimming through laser sheet with tracer particles. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.2494

Haha, non taken. Is it really a that far fetched? I've read loads about Airbus and Boeing talk about electric jets. Hybrid will be first, but they always say their working towards full electric. Maybe not for the big long haul flights, but what about local short haul flights? All the best, Zhur. 🙂

I was thinking maybe they could apply its use in stages. So maybe just a 20 % reduction at first, then 30 and so on. I think small, lighter aircraft would be better. Like a powered glider type.

https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-find-way-to-pull-carbon-out-of-the-air-and-make-it-jet-fuel

Is that possible? How do you do that? This would be better placed in the covid 19 thread.

Can't Believe I forgot about these. Cave of the Crystals

Yes to both. https://www.sciencealert.com/icarus-blue-giant-most-distant-star-ever-seen-hubble-9-billion-light-years#:~:text=When light passes through this gravitational field%2C it,dependent on exactly the right alignment of objects.