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The War on Drugs is going really well...for drugs.

Colombia’s Petro Says Co***ne Among Country’s Top Exports (Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said co***ne has always been a top export for his country after a report estimated the narcotic would overtake oil to become the nation’s top exporting product.Most Read from BloombergHow Auto Executives Misread the UAW Ahead of Historic StrikeXi...

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3 Unexpected Effects of Plastic Pollution You probably already knew that plastic can be bad, but scientists have taken a closer look, and found out it can be bad in surprising ways. Happy Earth Day! ...

Always, always, ALWAYS read the back label!

Always look for the "Carbohydrates" section and always check how much of those is "Sugar" in grams per serving and per 100 gr. If for example it says 42 gr. per 100 gr. that means the food is 42% sugar. If it says 30 gr. per 100 gr. - 30% sugar and so on.

Ignore the front label! Ignore the "No added sugars" crap. Ignore the "healthy and balanced" s**t. It's just marketing bulls**t.

Source for the infographic: https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/nutrition/sugar-salt-and-fat/names-for-sugar-infographic

599 912 alcohol drinkers.
83 studies.
Results? There are NO LOW SAFE limits of alcohol.

The more you drink, the more fu**ed you are. And this crap is absolutely legal, 85% of mankind consumes this garbage on a daily bases.

Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies In current drinkers of alcohol in high-income countries, the threshold for lowest risk of all-cause mortality was about 100 g/week. For cardiovascular disease subtypes other than myocardial infarction, there were no clear risk thresholds below which lower alcohol consumption stopped being associated...

Yes. Unless you're eating a fu***ng bucket a day, they are safe as f**k. Jeez!

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It’s not all doom and gloom!

Immune cell which kills most cancers discovered by accident by British scientists in major breakthrough A new type of immune cell which kills most cancers has been discovered by accident by British scientists, in a finding which could herald a major breakthrough in treatment.

It's not all doom and gloom!

This team of scientists is on the brink of creating a vaccine to protect against all variants of influenza virus. For life.

The First Universal Flu Vaccine Could Be Coming Soon After flu season, vaccines are outdated and researchers must predict next year’s virus. But soon, we may have a universal flu vaccine that doesn't expire.

One of the most important interviews you'll never read because "junkies are icky and it's their fault", right? WRONG!

Addict Turned Neuroscientist on Addiction and the Brain In our interview with neuroscientist Judith Grisel, she discusses the state of research on addiction and the brain, as well as society’s view of addicts.

Do you think fat is making you...well, fat? WRONG! WRONG! OH SO FU***NG WRONG!

FATS ARE GOOD FOR YOU (except when they're not) Get caught up on the latest research on dietary fats with UNC Chapel Hill professor Dr. Raz Shaikh. SOURCES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: Study on the sugar indust...

Knowledge is a beautiful puzzle held together by the scientific method. See it below in this astonishing video.

A network of science: 150 years of Nature papers Science is a network, each paper linking those that came before with those that followed. In an exclusive analysis, researchers have delved into Nature's par...

This is what true, absolute and brutal horror looks like.

“This goes to the lady who complains because I don't prescribe antibiotics for her child sick with the flu. To the patient who throws a tantrum because his throat hurts and wants me to leave him azithromycin.

To people who take amoxicillin for a headache.
For those who insist that for fever, the best is benzetacil, because it heals all infections and kills all "bugs".

This goes to the friend who only took half the treatment because he wanted to drink at the end of the week and because his bacteria adapt, they are adapting to all kinds of antibiotics, and all because of the blessed culture of saying "this doctor knows nothing, with antibiotics, I heal faster".

With you ladies and gentlemen, a bacteria resistant to all antibiotics..

We at The Boundaries of Human Stupidity love good food just as much as we hate rubbish bulls**t fearmongering pseudoscientific and baseless crap. A great video about those things right here, well worth its length! DO WATCH! AND SPREAD AWARENESS OF DUMBASSERY.

Blossom's Fake Video Exposed by food scientist | How To Cook That Ann Reardon Food Scientist reacts to "Is your food fake or real?" video by Blossom and examines their claims. Is their video true or fake? SUBSCRIBE on youtube: http://b...

Birds are awesome!

Why Are Birds Different Colors? There are thousands of species of birds and with great numbers come great biodiversity. Birds are among the most colorful animals on the planet so today we'r...

Can a person die from cleaning the toilet? Yes, if they mix the wrong cleaners even by accident. Find out how NOT to reenact WW1 in your bathroom here:

Death By Toilet Bowl Cleaning? When things start looking grimy in the bathroom, and it’s time to whip out yellow gloves, the only thing that matters is getting the job done as soon as poss...

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True Facts About Cosmology (or, Misconceptions Skewered) I talked a bit on Twitter last night about the Past Hypothesis and the low entropy of the early universe. Responses reminded me that there are still some significant misconceptions about the univer…

Too long, didn't watch: ORGANIC FOOD IS A SCAM!

Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam? The first 1000 people to use this link will get a 2 month free trial of skillshare: https://skl.sh/kurzgesagt5 Organic food is a huge trend: it promises a he...

"Oh wow, who would have thought?!?", sarcastically said people with more than two active brain cells.

Study: Teen smoking rates dropped after Washington legalized ma*****na Contrary to predictions, teen ma*****na use declined in Washington state after recreational pot was legalized in 2012, a new study finds.

Humans can be pretty smart sometimes.

Dark matter hurricane There’s a “dark matter hurricane” blowing through our corner of the Milky Way galaxy. Right this second, it’s passing over Earth. And this fast-moving stream could reveal major details about dark mat

A new study finds that bacteria develop antibiotic resistance up to 100,000 times faster when exposed to the world’s most widely used herbicides, Roundup (glyphosate) and Kamba (dicamba) and antibiotics compared to without the herbicide.

oops.

New study links common herbicides and antibiotic resistance A new study finds that bacteria develop antibiotic resistance up to 100,000 times faster when exposed to the world’s most widely used herbicides, ...

Again and again and again... idiots without BASIC (!) chemistry education fall victim to the stupidest (and sadly, most successful) marketing trick in the book - claim some natural s**t is detoxing.

In the case of activated charcoal, however, you're using real medicine with potentially dangerous side effects to "treat" something it was never meant to treat.

What Activated Charcoal Actually Does To Your Body Activated charcoal is having a moment in food, beauty, and supplement industries right now. But how does it work? And is it even good for you? --------------...

Colombia’s co***ne production hit an all time high last year and the US remains the worlds largest consumer, proving once again the idiotic war on drugs has failed catastrophically.

'Record' co***ne production in Colombia UN statistics show the total co***ne production area rose to its highest recorded level in 2017.

Religion is the most Darwinian thing in the world

‘Holy water’ blamed for cholera outbreak in Ethiopia – report A cholera outbreak in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has reportedly been blamed on holy water, after at least 10 people died over the past two weeks.

Let's talk about food and supplements in a scientific way. Conclusion? Everything the wellness industry says is bulls**t.

The Science behind our Daily Diets | Earth Lab What's the science behind everyday food that can help us improve of our lives? Is coffee better decaf? Is red wine healthy? Are milk substitutes as good as t...

It's not all doom and gloom!

Can these seedballs solve Kenya's deforestation crisis? Seeds of hope; one social entrepreneur is using specially-coated tree seeds to restore Kenya’s lost forests.

A large-scale test of time twins involving more than one hundred cognitive, behavioural, physical and other variables found no hint of support for the claims of astrology. Consequently, if astrologers could perform better than chance, this might support their claim that reading specifics from birth charts depends on psychic ability and a transcendent reality related to consciousness. But tests incomparably more powerful than those available to the ancients have failed to find effect sizes beyond those due to non-astrological factors such as statistical artifacts and inferential biases. The possibility that astrology might be relevant to consciousness and psi is not denied, but if psychic or spirit influences exist in astrology, they would seem to be very weak or very rare. Support for psychic claims seems unlikely.

Astrology is bulls**t.

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Since legalizing cannabis in 2012, crime clearance rates are increasing faster in Washington and Colorado than the rest of the USA, suggesting that legalization may free police to focus on more serious crimes.

NO S**T?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

Analysis | Does legal w**d make police more effective? Ma*****na legalization is freeing up police to fight more serious crime, study suggests.

❌ Smoking pot does NOT cause lung or other types of cancer.
❌ Smoking pot does NOT cause heart disease.
❌ Smoking pot does NOT increase risk of lung disease.
✔ Smoking pot and driving DOES increase risk of vehicle accident by 20-30%.
✔ Smoking pot while pregnant DOES have some negative effects on the fetus.
✔ Smoking pot DOES impair learning, memory and attention for 24 hours but does NOT have a long-term effect.
✔ Heavy pot smoking COULD cause psychosis, specifically schizophrenia, and bipolar disease.
❌ Smoking pot does NOT lead to other, "heavier" drug use.

The Harms of Ma*****na Subscribe to Healthcare Triage! https://bit.ly/2GlEYWG We've talked in the past about the positives of Ma*****na use. What are the harms? From pregnancy effe...

Drugs are sooooooo horrible! BOOOOOOOOOOO! Let's drink alcohol and smoke ci*****es cuz that's super healthy!

We Have The Best Evidence Yet That Psychedelic Drugs Can Repair Broken Neural Networks Could psychedelic drugs one day play a part in the treatment of mental health conditions? The idea is getting less and less far-fetched, after scientists successfully used drugs including M**A and L*D to repair neurons in animal tests and cultured ce

We fu***ng love Legion.

Plato’s Cave scene from FX's Legion Something to think about.

1/3 of EU citizens think the Sun goes around the Earth.
54% think the electron is bigger than the atom.
53% think lasers are focused sound waves.
100% of The Boundaries of Human Stupidity's admins are feeling genocidal.

Each year the government asks 10 simple questions to test the public's knowledge of science. Can you correctly answer them all? Every two years, The National Science Foundation is required to tell the president how the US is doing in regard to science and engineering. The 2018 report is out, and the news is ok but not great. See how you perform on the NSF's quiz to test public fluency in science.