Full time science diet

An individual who is based scientifically.

Government makes statement on behalf of independent media company over their government funded media badge.

I guess. This is a coincidence? I'm on a full time science diet though so no it’s not.

by RobTheConqueror April 18, 2023

San Francisco Science Fair

When two dudes get together to have sex, but one fills his asshole with vinegar, and the other covers his dick in baking soda. Upon insertion the baking soda and vinegar will react creating an ass volcano.

"From what I've heard, Kyle and Jake are super gay for eachother"
"They are! I heard they got a 14 inch toy and they've also experimented with the San Francisco Science Fair"

by bakeddeepfriedbeans January 23, 2024

Liberal Arts and Science Academy

A public magnet high school in Austin, Texas. Commonly abbreviated to "LASA" or "LASA HS" although the latter doesn't really make sense since "Academy High School" is redundant. Used to share a building with LBJ but moved to the former Eastside/Johnston campus to relieve overcrowding.

Historically the school is one of the best academically, consistently ranked top 50 in the US. Prospective students must submit an entrance application to demonstrate their prowess. The school boasts high test scores and near perfect rates of graduation and acceptance to colleges. However, there is concern that admin is letting in too many retards after the move to the new building and that the school will become less "elite".

The atmosphere is quite sleepy and studious for the most part; no fights or bomb threats unlike every other school in Austin ISD. However, depression is commonplace and sleep deprivation is a flex. It's rare to go a day without hearing "kill myself" multiple times.

There is a high percentage of zesty people and other degenerates. The classes are filled with Asians and Indians who carry everyone else. Luckily, the Blacks at this school are chill (all 4 of them). Ironically it is one of the most diverse high schools in the district since many of them are 80%+ Mexican.

But despite being a respectably sized 5A school and having such a prestigious (so far) reputation, no one outside of AISD actually knows about it. It is unknown why LASA is so mysterious in the public eye.

LASA Kid #1: "Yo how do you use the Banach-Alaoglu Theorem for the function that satisfies the Riesz Representation Theorem over the Compact Hausdorff Space for question #1?"
LASA Kid #2: "Skibidi Balls"
LASA Kid #1: "Aww, thank you so much for the help pookie bear! Pull up to my house tonight; let's finish our homework and have gay sex!!!"
LASA Kid #2: "Sorry, but I have 29 different extracurricular activities to attend. I need to be constantly busy, depressed, and sleep deprived so I can sell my soul to Harvard."
LASA Kid #1: "Awesome! I'm gonna kill myself at exactly 8:42 PM tonight by ingesting 750 milligrams of potassium cyanide, chemical formula KCN."
LASA Kid #2: "What a totally average and normal conversation here at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy."

Vikramaditya Kusika Dattachaudhuri: "I go to the Liberal Arts and Science Academy."
Jack Smith (Westlake student): "Never heard of it, where's that?"
Vikramaditya: "In Austin ISD"
Jack: "Is it a private school?"
Vikramaditya: "Erm... acktually☝️🤓, LASA's a public school. It's also the best one in the Austin area, according to USNEWS and Niche."

Kevin Ling: "I go the Liberal Arts and Science Academy"
TreVontarious D'arquise Quantell VII (LBJ student): "I'll beat yo ass nerd"

by LuckFasa October 3, 2024

Hard Problem of Science & Pseudoscience

The problem of motivation, not method. Both can use data, jargon, and peer review (see creation "science"). The core difference might be the attitude toward evidence: science seeks to test and potentially disprove its ideas; pseudoscience seeks to defend a preordained conclusion. The hard problem is that this is a psychological distinction about the practitioners, not a methodological one. You can't look at a paper and always tell. A bad scientist (cherry-picking data) is using pseudoscientific tactics, while a clever pseudoscientist can mimic the form of science perfectly. The line is blurred because it's about internal intent, which is invisible.

Example: Flat Earthers run experiments (lasers over water) they claim prove no curvature. Scientists point out flawed methodology. The Flat Earthers dismiss it as part of the conspiracy. The hard problem: Their process looks scientific—hypothesis, test, observation. The breakdown is their refusal to accept counter-evidence as valid. But who decides what "valid" counter-evidence is? The scientific community. So, in practice, science is defined by social consensus of what counts as proper evidence, not by a pure, objective rulebook. Pseudoscience is simply what that consensus excludes. Hard Problem of Science & Pseudoscience.

by Nammugal January 24, 2026

Hard Problem of Science

The fundamental paradox that science is a human activity, subject to all our cognitive biases, social pressures, and cultural blind spots, yet it claims to produce objective, universal knowledge about a reality independent of humans. The hard problem is explaining how a process so deeply embedded in flawed human psychology and sociology can successfully "escape" to reveal truths that transcend those very conditions. How does a system built on tentative, peer-reviewed consensus, funding battles, and paradigm shifts manage to land rovers on Mars? The gap between the messy, subjective process and the astounding, objective results is the core mystery.

Example: Two scientists from rival labs, one funded by a corporation, the other by a government grant, both deeply ambitious and prone to confirmation bias, run the same experiment on a new drug. Through a process of mutual criticism, replication attempts, statistical scrutiny, and raw competition, their flawed human efforts converge on a reliable, reproducible result about molecular interactions. The hard problem: How did the truth emerge from that morass of ego and institutional noise? It’s like a hundred painters, all colorblind and trying to sabotage each other’s canvases, somehow collectively producing a photographically perfect landscape. Hard Problem of Science.

by Enkigal January 24, 2026

Hard Problem of Science

The meta-problem: science is a method for understanding the universe, but the method itself—relying on induction, uniformity of nature, and the reliability of our senses and logic—cannot be scientifically proven without begging the question. Why should the future resemble the past? Why trust our instruments? Science works, gloriously, but its ultimate foundation is a philosophical leap of faith. The hard problem is that science can explain everything except its own astonishing success.

Example: "We used science to build the telescope that discovered the Big Bang. The hard problem of science is that we can't point that telescope back at the scientific method to see why it's so true. Its power is demonstrated by its fruits, but its roots are in philosophical soil."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Theory of Constructed Science

The sociological view that scientific knowledge, while aiming for objectivity, is inevitably a human construction shaped by social factors: funding priorities, institutional power, peer review culture, dominant paradigms, and even the personalities of leading scientists. This doesn't mean science is "just an opinion," but that the path to reliable knowledge is paved with social negotiations, controversies, and the gradual construction of consensus, not the simple revelation of pure nature.

Example: "Studying the Theory of Constructed Science, she saw the Nobel Prize not as a divine award for truth, but as the pinnacle of a construction process: decades of building a persuasive narrative, converting peers, winning grants, and marginalizing rival theories until one framework became the 'obvious' truth etched in textbooks."

by Dumu The Void January 30, 2026