▲ 507 ▼ NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense (www.theregister.com) submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (7 children) Please give us more cool facts! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] rtxn@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (5 children) Doctor Ignaz Semmelweiss in the mid-1800s suggested that obstetricians should wash and sterilize their hands before attending their patients to reduce the chance of postpartum infection. He was rejected by the medical community, ridiculed by colleagues, and eventually locked in an asylum where he was killed. We're sliding back in time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 years ago* (1 child) People forget the most important bit. The clapback to Semmelweiss from other doctors was "A doctor's hands are always clean!" Humans are irrational fucking idiots and we prove it daily. The number of us who are willing to protect our own in-group over things they don't deserve to be protected over is too damn high. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago* "A doctor's hands are always clean!" That's when Semmelweiss should have rubbed dog shit on his hands and tried to rub them on these doctors' face. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) That is far less cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago But it's very interesting to think where we would be technologically and socially if humans weren't such assholes permalink fedilink source parent [–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Semmelweiss is also partially responsible for the widespread rejection of his findings. He basically called doctors who did not follow his advice murderers which naturally didn't help his popularity. Antagonising someone who you are trying to convince usually just entrenches their opinions further. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) https://www.wikipedia.org/ also for the strong of mind: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ As a child, once I learned to read, I started to really learn. And naturally shared all the fun facts with most anyone who would listen. I thought I would write a book of fun facts, but then someone invented the Intarwebs. I even thought I would narrow things down and just write 'Bandana, 1001 Uses' , but there was no point. (https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=bandana+uses+list&ia=web) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (5 children) Doctor Ignaz Semmelweiss in the mid-1800s suggested that obstetricians should wash and sterilize their hands before attending their patients to reduce the chance of postpartum infection. He was rejected by the medical community, ridiculed by colleagues, and eventually locked in an asylum where he was killed. We're sliding back in time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 years ago* (1 child) People forget the most important bit. The clapback to Semmelweiss from other doctors was "A doctor's hands are always clean!" Humans are irrational fucking idiots and we prove it daily. The number of us who are willing to protect our own in-group over things they don't deserve to be protected over is too damn high. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago* "A doctor's hands are always clean!" That's when Semmelweiss should have rubbed dog shit on his hands and tried to rub them on these doctors' face. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) That is far less cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago But it's very interesting to think where we would be technologically and socially if humans weren't such assholes permalink fedilink source parent [–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Semmelweiss is also partially responsible for the widespread rejection of his findings. He basically called doctors who did not follow his advice murderers which naturally didn't help his popularity. Antagonising someone who you are trying to convince usually just entrenches their opinions further. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 years ago* (1 child) People forget the most important bit. The clapback to Semmelweiss from other doctors was "A doctor's hands are always clean!" Humans are irrational fucking idiots and we prove it daily. The number of us who are willing to protect our own in-group over things they don't deserve to be protected over is too damn high. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago* "A doctor's hands are always clean!" That's when Semmelweiss should have rubbed dog shit on his hands and tried to rub them on these doctors' face. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago* "A doctor's hands are always clean!" That's when Semmelweiss should have rubbed dog shit on his hands and tried to rub them on these doctors' face. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) That is far less cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago But it's very interesting to think where we would be technologically and socially if humans weren't such assholes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago But it's very interesting to think where we would be technologically and socially if humans weren't such assholes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Semmelweiss is also partially responsible for the widespread rejection of his findings. He basically called doctors who did not follow his advice murderers which naturally didn't help his popularity. Antagonising someone who you are trying to convince usually just entrenches their opinions further. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) https://www.wikipedia.org/ also for the strong of mind: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ As a child, once I learned to read, I started to really learn. And naturally shared all the fun facts with most anyone who would listen. I thought I would write a book of fun facts, but then someone invented the Intarwebs. I even thought I would narrow things down and just write 'Bandana, 1001 Uses' , but there was no point. (https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=bandana+uses+list&ia=web) permalink fedilink source parent