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biophile

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4. This is hilarious

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 07:12 PM

20 hrs ago

I hear and read all the time about “studies show…..”
That is meaningless to me unless I’ve read the study myself. I don’t trust mainstream science to be honest - there are too many agendas, both personal and corporate, to assume that today’s “scientific studies” employ scientific methods.

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Does Pregnancy Result in a Hankering for Prime Numbers? [View all] NNadir 20 hrs ago OP

Wish I could rec this a thousand times LearnedHand 20 hrs ago #1

You caught me. I love them primes and I've never been pregnant. (Delivery would hurt thru my penis.) erronis 20 hrs ago #2

It depends Cirsium 20 hrs ago #3

This is hilarious biophile 20 hrs ago #4

I often want to vomit when I hear a journalist begin a report with "Studies show..." or "Study shows..." n/t. NNadir 19 hrs ago #6

Same biophile 19 hrs ago #7

I'm dumb enough to wonder slightlv 20 hrs ago #5

Well *OF COURSE* Fibonacci numbers are involved -- they're into everything ! eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #8

This sounds like something.... lastlib 17 hrs ago #9