Pat @Pat@qoto.org

@jillianne

>"However, Tesla's data is skewed by its penchant for buying off owners in exchange for a signed NDA."

I didn't know about that. There must be some law that requires reporting to a government agency about those incidents, but I guess all of the politicians are bought off, too.

@admitsWrongIfProven

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

@Jake_Vig @jillianne

Putt-putt cars that carry a bunch of flammable gasoline are 62 times more likely to catch fire than electric cars. (Electric cars never ever "explode".)

Electric cars are very cool, even if the guys who make them do dumb things sometimes.

@admitsWrongIfProven

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

Not all, I always appreciate the feedback.

@mc

I'm sorry @skanman I typo'ed your handle so you didn't get pinged on my reply...

Thank you for the info. 🙂

@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. #TruthBeTold

(I actually am able to clearly and concisely explain stuff, e.g., https://qoto.org/@Pat/109394366249181461)

@hikerfromva

Don't worry about it. I think you'd need to delete it and repost it. Based on the description I think everyone will just click on it anyway to reveal the pic.

@hikerfromva

Is this marked sensitive because people with sensitive skin might get sunburned? 🤔

@admitsWrongIfProven

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

**** TruthBeTold Spoiler ****

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.

#TruthBeTold #microscope #hair #animals #SizeMatters #Words #relativity

The truth is...

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

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#TruthBeTold = 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)

(image CC-BY-SA-3.0, Momotarou2012, mediawiki commons, modified)

@freemo

Great!

(BTW, that logo looks familiar.)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anderson-cooper-dog-personality-60-minutes-2022-11-27/

@freemo

I was just concerned about the possibility of additional restrictions, like no swearing, no nudity or something like that, or ambiguous rules that shift power away from the users.

@freemo

>"No"

That's good. I thought of an alternate name for a federation...

Federated Alliance to Reduce Turf Skirmishes

...but I think the domain is already taken.

@freemo

Will this change the TOS of qoto?

@freemo

Are we already members by virtue of being users of qoto, or do we need to do something additionally to join?

(I apologize for the youtube link, but I couldn't find this video anywhere else.)

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Here's an entertaining answer to the question, "Why is the sky blue?" by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice.

Even though the answer is directed towards a lay audience, it talks about EM wavelengths and Rayleigh scattering.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UvmWxm3nR6E