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The Bubblebee bat is the smallest mammal, smaller than the length of a human hair.

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= A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

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This one is 100% true…

The image shows a specimen of the brown Bubblebee bat with its wings spread out in a simulated microscope field next to a diagram of the cross-section of a human hair. This is absurd, of course, a hairy mammal smaller than the width of a single hair itself?

But the words of the TBT say, “length” of a human hair, not “width” of a human hair. The bat is actually a bit over an inch long (~30cm).

This bat species is the smallest bat and probably the smallest mammal species.

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@Pat Ah, i found the explainer only after answering the original post, eh toot.

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@admitsWrongIfProven

Yeah, I don't think I've done a very good job explaining the concept of the series. I think most folks don't understand what they are or why I do them.

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@Pat Well, it does involve non-trivial concepts, and you chose a method of description that is not focussed on simple and efficient knowledge transfer. This is not to critizise you, i found it interesting to chew on the concept a bit until i understood.

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@admitsWrongIfProven

Thank you for the feedback. Yeah, the point is not merely to transfer information, but to demonstrate how facts can get distorted using a variety of techniques -- to help people develop their critical reasoning skills. Sometimes the topics are very simple and sometimes they are fairly esoteric.

(I actually am able to clearly and concisely explain stuff, e.g., qoto.org/@Pat/1093943662491814)

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@Pat Ha, i did not mean to question your abilities. Sorry if it came off this way!
I 100% thought you chose a way to relay information that was indirect for a good reason and accept that. Art is art, and we would be deprived of quite some sensation if we only communicated on blank logic.

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@admitsWrongIfProven

>" Ha, i did not mean to question your abilities. Sorry if it came off this way! "

Not all, I always appreciate the feedback.

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@admitsWrongIfProven

I don't know. I'll let know when I'm on a machine that can play videos.

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@Pat Thank you for entertaining my curious quirks :-)

@Pat Ah, length... a bit loosely defined? If i take "lenght of a human hair" as in "how long hair have i witnessed myself" and assume it tries to fit tightly, i shudder how big this bat is...

For the average person, the incentive to murder as many people as possible is smaller than the incentive to sleep at least once per month.

Got it, but i needed a moment ^^

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