Why Useless Knowledge Can Be So Useful

[@douglasboyle6544]

It all goes back to Isaac Asimov's famous words "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

[@ZimaCyberia]

PSA: If you ever come across a Gila nonster in the AZ desert, don't get close to them. 1. It's illegal to disturb/capture/poach them. 2. They're very fast when they need to be and they have a venom that likely won't delete you, but depending on how much venom they deliver, you'll likely be wishing you were deleted.

[@adnan7698]

Imma do it

[@jadefalcon001]

And their venom is in the teeth at the *back* of their jaw. They get it into you by GNAWING it into you. Not only will you be poisoned but you're going to be actively chewed on by an angry lizard while it happens.

[@jacara1981]

I had a friend get bit once, he won't go anywhere near them now. Not even at the zoo lol

[@BrandanLee]

It feels like your blood was replaced with lava, so I'm told. And the worst dry mouth ever.

[@marcpeterson1092]

Also, don't kiss them. I think I remember advice from the national park service about this.

[@robinblake7845]

Hey, thank you for this video. I'm a high school biology teacher and the last few years have been a struggle to convince students knowledge for the sake of knowledge is valuable. This gives me a real world example of the power of curiosity. Thank you

[@anthonyleblanc8915]

As a high school geometry teacher, I agree. My least favorite question is "When am I ever going to use this?" Even if I give them a concrete example of it being used in the real world, the response to that is, "Well I'm not going to do that when I get older."

[@johnnyboi5941]

I once read a response to this question that went something like “High school math is ‘useless’ the same way lifting dumbbells is ‘useless.’ While lifting weights serves no direct purpose, it’s good exercise that can help you in real life, like carry groceries or move a couch. Math is like weightlifting for your brain, and doing it helps you in problem solving.”

[@ambulocetusnatans]

With the current cultural environment, things are likely to get worse. Many students are likely to come to class with preconceived notions about certain issues, that may be at odds with objective reality. A simple statement about the ways things are, may have unintended consequences. A book that I think may be helpful for teachers these days is titled " How Minds Change" by David McRaney. It explores various methods of helping others to reach better conclusions in a non-confrontational manner

[@jursamaj]

But if you go back and listen to these examples, you'll notice that the people doing the work of discovering things are rarely the ones who get any value out of it. Scientists rarely get rich off the science. Investors do. So what any reasonably intelligent student is going to hear is "if you work hard at science, you can make somebody else rich". That's not the motivation you're reaching for.

[@nichendrix]

@jursamaj Only if getting rich is your endgame, most people don't want Anna get rich, they wanna get well off, but not have to deal with the stress that come witg big money, and some people aren't even motivated by money at all. An extreme case is Perelman, a Fields Medalist and Milenium prize winner, lives basically as a very poor people, becauae he refus d to receive the prizes he won. When asked why, he stated that at that moment he knew more about how the universe work than anyone else in the world, and what was money compared to the thrill that gave him.

[@YSPACElabs]

Mathematics is probably another really good example of the application of "useless" knowledge. Because mathematicians have already found ways to approximate polynomial roots, break up functions into component sinusoids, and use imaginary numbers (for example), we have very convenient ways to compute things that the original discoverers would have never even thought would be an application.

[@MOSMASTERING]

Nobody had any use for lasers when they were invented at all.. just a few years later, lasers are synonymous with 'science' ! They ended up in everything from range finding to audio playback and even cooling down atoms to near absolute zero. What a game changer! The statement 'what's the point of this?' should never be used around scientists doing research, you just never know... Same with atom smashers. Critics ask why billions need to be spent on ever larger particle accelerators. But, knowing how the universe works could lead to absolutely anything.. if we got a final complete standard model and equation to describe how everything works, surely we could invent anything we wanted. Room temperature superconductors are the next holy grail breakthrough in science. It would transform our whole world overnight. No waste electricity, any speed CPUs not limited by heat, it could slow global warming enough for us to survive if we're saving 40% of all electricity transferred over power lines

[@YayComity]

Agree! Examples abound, such as in data encryption. Pure number theory discoveries of Euclid and Euler and Fermat among others from centuries ago are now absolutely critical in online banking and commerce and communication. Their discoveries are allowing us to watch this video!

[@56jklove]

but i wouldnt call mathematics useless.

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

@@56jkloveyou wouldnt but many would and that’s the problem

[@56jklove]

@qwerty_and_azerty yeah. What we call useless can be objective and subjective. It depends on what is at hand. I've had this discussion before. Knowing just to know can be pointless. Matter of fact this is just my opinion. All knowledge we attain or seek in this world, is pointless. Since we all die and we can't take it with us after we die. But in the meantime in this world. I think there is knowledge that is more important or crucial then others. I wouldn't call knowing about sports is the same as knowing how light and Electromagnetism. I agree that we live in a world where people don't care about all fields and aspects of science and that includes math. Why do u think that is?

[@TheBlackZodiacGhost]

Small correction: Gila monsters are one of the few lizards with medically significant venom. Venom in low doses have been found within varius monitor lizard species among others in recent years.

[@iLLuminatedWithDren]

Nope. Only 3 venomous lizards. Mexican beaded lizard. Gala monster. Komodo dragon. Only ones that have actual venom glands.

[@user255]

​@@iLLuminatedWithDren No, he is right. Currently we know many more. Example Varanus griseus has medically significant venom.

[@Metalkatt]

Let nerds be nerds. Let the curious be curious. I remember one of the emeritus professors from Nottingham talking about how nobody thought the beginnings of MRI research were ever going to go anywhere... and now we all treat MRIs as a (very expensive) normal thing.

[@NI5M0]

The problem with this is that Germany and Japan had nerds with no oversight in WW2. Where do you draw the line?

[@jssamp4442]

@@NI5M0 With ethical review boards. Nobody said no oversight, just ease up on the profit requirement.

[@ncammann]

"Science is like sex. It MAY have a productive output. But that is not why we do it." - Richard Feynman

[@DomyTheMad420]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="690">11:30</a> politicians should be fired when they say stuff like that. some old fool once wasted his entire life studying lines, the stars and mathematics he had no idea he'd basically found our sciences you never know what you'll get

[@originaldylanbaxter]

Yeah, but Kentucky.

[@Etrancical]

Ya, politicians should, but their entire platform is to run on misinformation because it takes seconds to make up nonsense but hours to disprove it per person. The average person is unwilling to do deeper research and will take their words at face value no matter how wrong.

[@racecarrik]

What drives me up the wall is we choose to give scientists very little funding yet their discoveries directly improve everyone's lives. It's like humanity doesn't want to advance to a better world.

[@cherrydragon3120]

Its infuriating indeed

[@JuanGonzalez-iw1hi]

It's all the money game. Our society isn't for making the world a better place it's for increasing profit and those rarely go hand in hand

[@OldmanNix]

Yet people run to donate money to their preferred religion, content creator or politician.

[@scriptorpaulina]

Can we tell DOGE 😭 I want to keep working with NASA

[@jorgerangel2390]

Well it is not humanity, it is the rich that control that and the idiots only care about money, progress does not matter at all

[@davideverling753]

You kinda hit the nail on the head when talking about science back in the day being more like philosophy; in fact prior to the widespread adoption of terms like “science” and “scientist”, around the turn of the century, they were called “natural philosophy” and “natural philosophers” respectively. As was the case in german, only it remains that way to this day: “Naturwissenschaften“, and I swear if I hear even one joke about german words being long I won’t hesitate to take this straight to the Bundesverfassungsgericht!

[@username-gh-d]

What are you trying to say with the german term Naturwissenschaften?

[@jssamp4442]

It's funny, but you have no cause of action under German law.

[@gastonzabala8477]

krankenhaus

[@xyuv6769]

I love how science can be picked up where it was left off and then continue to improve and get better from there.

[@littledreamerrem7021]

I hate that the sake of knowledge for knowledge's sake is so hard to fund. My interests lie in the biology of insects, but I don't really care about the ones that are attacking crops or spreading disease. I want to know about the underdogs, the ones doing their work in the background that we'll never know about because they "don't matter." Funding is rarely put towards researching groups that don't have a direct impact on industry or health...

[@RRrr-m5x]

You could collect insects. I found out recently that most of the species that aren't described and don't even have names are insects. So if you collect and pin them properly you could add to the field. You have to check how to pin and put the info correctly cause if you don't they're useless.

[@thomasmann3560]

I love this kind of content.

[@raphaelgarcia9576]

This is my favorite episode you’ve made so far. Bravo!!

[@therongjr]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="354">5:54</a> - Phylogenetically, all snakes are lizards. So there are PLENTY of venomous lizards! (Go argue with Clint's Reptiles about it, if you're into that kinda thing.)

[@besmart]

And we're all just fish yadda yadda yadda I know, I know 😂

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

@@besmart some of the most fun yaddas around!

[@user255]

Small correction: Gila monster is *not* only venomous lizard. There are several others in genera varanus, heloderma, iguana and lepidophyma.

[@luddity]

Komodo Dragons too.

[@anthonysaunders345]

It always concerns me how little lawmakers and policy-makers value science. The classic example is how much NASA spends each year, and yet few actually are aware of how much R&D in this field has had direct benefits to us all.

[@kensmith5694]

You could replace "science" with "knowledge" and you would be very correct. They don't value the lessons of history or math or the sciences. They have only two priorities (1) Get elected (2) get re-elected

[@lordgarion514]

If you haven't seen it, wiki has a great article called NASA spin-offs about all the things NASA has given us. And it's broken down by categories.

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

Write your congressman

[@anthonysaunders345]

@lordgarion514 I have! I just didn't want to list them all on FB.

[@dany_fg]

every piece of knowledge is useful, we just haven't find a use for some of those yet

[@davidtitanium22]

what about the quadrant for science that produces no fundamental knowledge and is not particularly useful, sounds fun

[@besmart]

Yeah, we can all agree that quadrant is no bueno

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

@@besmartThe problem is all the funding agencies assume you’re in that quadrant by default unless you can prove an immediate benefit/application

[@Orion-ih5xl]

I would like to study ornithology one day, but i only really want to do research to satisfy curiosity. I enjoy learning about the behaviour of birds, their mating habits, feeding habits etc. But i dislike studying their actual biology and anatomy like how many bones do they have, what are the anatomical structure

[@erwanthomas]

The anatomical structure might help you understand certain moves they make and their biology can explain certain behaviours.

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

Don't worry, a job for you is out there! The podcaster Allie Ward once interviewed a puffinologist who specializes in their behavior!

[@nohjrd]

You had me at "a guy squirting lizard venom on a rodent pancreas".

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@drsaddomia]

Thank you, Anglerfish and Gila Monsters! I am slowly thinning out. 🎉

[@limalicious]

I'm so frustrated because I gained weight because of major digestive issues. Because of those digestive issues, I'm not able to use glucagon drugs.

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

That really sucks man, I hope your discomfort/pain eases

[@MomongaMH]

Your videos are always awesome, I wish they got the recognition they deserved. Your content is cherished and greatly appreciated ❤

[@skybluskyblueify]

Remember when a US representative complained about fruit fly research as a way to say science shouldn't be funded by the government (unless an average American can see its use right now)?

[@kensmith5694]

Yes, I expect that at some point someone will discover why wasps are so hard to get drunk.

[@FNLNFNLN]

Yeah, well, those people are taking power everywhere.

[@lordgarion514]

And he was right, the FDA itself has announced that 96% of animal studies end up being absolutely irrelevant to humans. There should be no animal research at all. It is a giant waste of money.

[@melaniepalker9998]

This was a most excellent overview, thank you.

[@rarra]

What an excellent video, Joe. with a powerful message

[@makalehelie]

“We got Hank Greene at home” Hank Greene at home:

[@ginoharding2902]

there are lots of lizards with venom, without going to snakes. bearded dragon, green iguanas, and most species of monitor lizard. they are just very mild venoms.

[@YayComity]

This is a very good video. Congratulations!

[@illesizs]

_"Aperture Science_ _We do what we must_ _Because we can_ _For the good of all of us_ _Except the ones who are dead"_

[@MBMCincy63]

I'm glad of this information. Thanks 👍🏻

[@TriEssenceMartialArts]

Love the channel but just want to point out that Gilo monsters are not one of the only venomous lizards in the world, many monitor lizards are also venomous including the famous Komodo dragon.

[@wenchinatrenchcoat8459]

Beautifully said Joe.

[@kered13]

While pure research can be beneficial, it must also be remembered that there is only a finite amount of resources that can be dedicated to research. It's not unreasonable to put majority of those resources towards areas that are more likely to yield useful breakthroughs than towards long shot projects that *might* prove useful in 20 or 30 years.

[@tom4ivo]

The currency of scientists is knowledge, not money. They're willing to put a lot of time and effort into learning new knowledge, especially in their area of interest. Most of them became research scientists because there was something they wanted to find out, and if they have to do research that doesn't take them in that direction, they will be less than enthusiastic about it.

[@videoedits3584]

One day my extremely obscure niche obsession is gonna change the world

[@brettito]

Weird Al prepared me of this video.

[@LaxmiNarayan-jb1lc]

Whr did u get inspiration to these things Nonstoopp!?😊

[@fubytv731]

Knowledge is an investment that will never make any losses.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

Useless knowledge of the past is the basis of modern civilization, what we consider useless knowledge will be the basis of future civilization

[@coreyano]

Is ozyempic made with gila monster venom?!

[@kensmith5694]

No, the venom showed a chemical which had an effect. The chemists got busy and worked out how to make that chemical and then to make slight variations on the theme to get an even better action.

[@benjaminnelson5455]

A lot of apparent useless science has value, but sometimes you really have to wonder. I still remember the shrimp treadmills...

[@Nooneself]

I agree we need to fund science and let them have their own direction. HOWEVER... science also can create biological warfare, nuclear weapons and many other weapons of mass destruction. General science needs ethics committees (as we use medicine) . Best Wishes

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

The video was never against ethics committees?

[@DeltaDaedalus]

Stop questioning where all your tax money is going, of course it looks like nonsense, that's just science! Just trust us! Let us publish whatever on your dime and we promise it'll be just like Star Trek! We Proooomise!

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

...what scientists are you talking to that promise star trek? Also, technically didn't that happen with the invention of the modern ipad?

[@Yleas-qs5xh]

Your taxes were spent arming Abrams tank, guessing your lifetime tax sum is maybe enough to fire a few practice rounds, too. It was only my taxes that funded research.

[@Luxalpa]

Science has done more for you and the economy than the other 99% of the tax money that is not spent on it.

[@lauracronbungusman1582]

Obesity related issues cost the US over $170 billion a year. Relieving this national health crisis could help us all in ways we can’t imagine.

[@lauracronbungusman1582]

Ideally tho, we would have alleviated the crisis decades ago if we stopped letting food producers put massive amounts of sodium and simple sugars in foods to make children chemically dependent on processed food. But hey, I’ll take whatever win I can get.

[@jgaffney567]

​@@lauracronbungusman1582or enforced regulations like those against monopoly. The great majority of the food availability is controlled by monopoly. From production to sale

[@lauracronbungusman1582]

@@jgaffney567don’t get me started lmao, no one will ever get me to shut up about how the US took the freedom out of food availability 😭

[@ax14pz107]

It's not just those things. Our environment is utterly filled with synthetic compounds that we barely begin to understand what they do to biological systems. But, ya know, we gotta deregulate businesses so that billionaires don't have to be so shamefully poor.

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Very good

[@matthewboire6843]

Many things we do seem useless but we still do them, why? Because it might be incredibly useful in the future, this stuff has shown its use but tons of things have no known use but we still keep them because they might be useful eventually.

[@YB_411]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="380">6:20</a> "Secreting like you wouldn't believe, Gila monster venom". Typo? Should be "Secreting ... insulin"?

[@MontgomeryWenis]

No, he was being silly. Chill.

[@bepamungkas]

No, the wording is proper. The venom itself triggers no specific hormone secretion. Rather, it cause pancreas to go haywire and exhaust its capacity to properly secrete hormones when needed. Later, by breaking down the venom to its particular components, like John Eng did, we can analyze which component caused which reaction.

[@YB_411]

@@bepamungkas Got it now. Thanks!

[@mostwanted2000]

After this video 2 things are still not concluded: Why people still have type 2 diabetes? Why overweight people still exist?

[@Secret_Moon]

I mean, the scientists didn't study angler fish for fun, or to be more accurate, they didn't study angler fish at all. They were trying to study glucagon. Angler fish only came into the picture, as you pointed out, because it has a big specific organ to secret glucagon. It was simply a device. So the study did have a very clear goal, not just aimlessly wandering around for fun.

[@PrntMG]

How or why did Angler fish come into the picture? In other words how did we know that they have a large organ specifically for secreting glucagon?

[@Secret_Moon]

@@PrntMG Well, unfortunately the video doesn't give us that information. It could be, as you imply, from a random study on angler fish for the sake of curiosity, or it could be from a study that very deliberately scanned many creatures for such an organ with glucagon as the aim in mind.

[@besmart]

The details on "why anglerfish" were a bit too much of a side adventure for this video, but since you asked: In the 1970s and 1980s it was much more difficult to isolate and sequence a gene. There were no complete sequenced genomes, DNA sequencing was still a crude and painstaking process, PCR hadn't been invented… there are a host of reasons. So if you wanted to find the protein sequence for a gene, you had to find its mRNA, reverse transcribe it into DNA, and then clone that into bacteria to get a huge amount of DNA in order to do the crude DNA sequencing of the time. But to even find the mRNA, you needed a huge amount of it, so when they went looking for the glucagon gene/protein sequence they chose an animal with a huge organ for making glucagon: anglerfish. Other fish also have these organs, and I haven't been able to find a good answer for "why anglerfish specifically" except that fishermen near the lab in Boston often had a bunch of anglerfish caught in their nets that they could give to the researchers for free?

[@exitosamente7826]

PORQUE SOLO LLEGANA PAISES PRIMER MUNDISTAS ? PORQUE NO SE VE ESTO EN PUEBLO DE LATINOAMERICA?

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

Arrive where?

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

Probably because it's in English

[@heathersigmon3380]

I don't love animal testing. It sucks. It's very sad and they suffer. I wish there was another way. This was good information. And something to ponder on. Thank you

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

I don't think anyone *enjoys* animal testing. That's why people are working on growing artificial organs! I'd recommend looking up lab grown meat for pharmaceutical purposes if you wanna feel a little better

[@MawdyDev]

Hey parents and teachers! If your child/student asks you a question, answer it, no matter how unimportant it may seem to you! Nurture their curiosity and confidence to ask questions. The later in life they get, the harder it will be to start doing this. Don't expect other adults in their life to do it for you! A curious child grows into an intelligent adult. Don't stunt them! Edit, for clarification: If you don't know the answer, it's ok to admit that you don't know! Teach them how to research things on the internet. It will save you a lot of time if they already know how to read and type!

[@AmazingFalcon720]

I always knew Flynn was the mvp

[@UNKnoWN-ti5vk]

The Substance!!! A younger Pancreas! Better more beautiful, improved!

[@kidmohair8151]

i know something that is useless now and will *never be* of any use in the future…Rand Paul

[@ThunderSky]

Am I the only one confused by the voice? Doesn't it feels different? 🤣

[@niiii_niiii]

It sounds to me like Joe had a cold lately.... I'm not confused x

[@RamonQuiro7]

This reminds me of Adam Smith and his philosophy on free markets and self interest. Y'all should read How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life by Russ Roberts. I just recently had my English 101 class on the topic. Have a good one : )

[@DomCOuano]

so really there's no such thing as useless knowledge

[@partsunknown1679]

I’m pretty sure morphine is a glp1R agonist and does the same thing as wegovy that’s why people that abuse heroin and certain opioids get thin and eat a lot of sugar it ends up a side effect for them

[@dragonluvver975]

"We're not gonna get into that today." The food companies using unethical practices and putting unhealthy amounts of sugar into food: 🤫

[@TheBebop1989]

How much money are pharmaceutical companies going to make with this?

[@youssefelyoubi9962]

The best 🎉

[@ssecord3302]

If it's to good to be true....

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and has side effects like all the other ducks...

[@catman4859]

Sabine should see this video.

[@jacara1981]

Then in the US ALL insurance companies drop coverage for the meds. They rather you be obese.

[@dastrayer63]

Interesting that in Denmark, doctors recommend diet change before/over ozempic.

[@jursamaj]

Yeah, I hate it when people say (as Joe did in this video) that losing weight is really hard. But it really isn't. It's simple: eat less and exercise more. IT is impossible to **not** lose weight if you actually do that. No, the problem isn't that it's hard, it's that people simply refuse to change their lifestyle in order to do it.

[@dastrayer63]

@@jursamaj not easy for some people, but change usually works.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

yeah its just to be used in conjuncture to help cause it gets extremely hard sometimes bodies tend to slow considerably losing weight after it gets use to new exercise for example

[@jursamaj]

@@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 That's just impatience. It took me 40 years to put on 40 pounds. Why would I expect them to come off in a few months? But people want a quick fix that doesn't require a new exercise program, or any other change of lifestyle.

[@tauntingeveryone7208]

​@@jursamajthe problem is that it is hard depending on the person. Everyone loses and gains weight differently. Furthermore, everyone feels hungry differently too. So while it is easy to tell someone not to eat a lot, it is rarely that simple. The chemicals that control hunger can influence a person's diet which in turn could influence their metabolism. This is why having drugs that help those who simply cannot just eat less and workout more. I will agree that these drugs are not one size fits all but the same thing can be said for dieting and exercise. People can exercise and diet as much as they want but when the hormones that control hunger are overpowering people and their metabolism does not allow for weight loss as easily then you won't get the benefits.

[@vcostor]

Maybe not everywhere scientists want to go. Ethics can be important.

[@ZfuiFyihx]

ethics yeah of course can be important baby

[@pssurvivor]

we have all seen those types laughing on xitter about the so called useless research and my point is exactly what was stated at the end of this video. sometimes "usefulness" isn't immediately apparent and even if a research isn't important, the quest for knowledge just to increase the collective store of human understanding is a good thing. As a researcher myself, obviously i am biased but looking from outside the US the anti intellectualism t=rampant in american society is alarming. i am guessing it's due to a mixture of a misplaced sense of individualism where each person can extract knowledge from pure observation and a suspicion of higher education since it's not readily accessible

[@Chaos3183]

I know it goes WAY beyond the scope of this video but the proverbial white elephant in the room continues to be WHY are people becoming obese. What are we doing to ourselves that we are literally tuning into the people from wall e. It’s not purely social. I would chuck the social aspect out of it entirely because even poor people are becoming obese.

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

It's definitely a mix of a lack of regulation in the food we eat and the way cities are built around cars

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

Oh, because most people eat too many calories and don't exercise enough

[@adpirtle]

While I'm not about to go on one of these drugs, nor do I suspect my insurer would cover them for weight loss, I'd like to echo the sentiment about the importance of pure research, particularly given the the incoming administration's attitude toward spending. Research isn't what needs cutting.

[@virginajack6518]

I agree with this but I do not appreciate the subtle political ideologies thrown in.

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

Hm, I'm not American so I don't think I noticed any, what did you see?

[@faenethlorhalien]

If that is true, I must be the most useful person in the world. My head is like a rummage sack of stupid trite bullcrap that is not even good for a pop quiz.

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

I've found that stupid bullcrap stored in a rummage sack is great to pull out in lulls in conversation to see what people say. (When applied artfully)

[@LibsRockU]

To summarize in a nutshell, don't be conservative, be liberal because it's always better for the most people & planet & everything.

[@christogeorgekurian]

I wonder if we could shy away from american-centric stats and go global. To make it more approachable to a global audience? I dont know much about PBS's viewer stats but it wont be far fetched to guess they do have a substantial non American audience. Cheers! Much love

[@ericshelby8813]

I think the real issue when it comes to government funding is that pesky $35 trillion debt the government has racked up. Many want the government to stop spending so much, especially on what they consider to be stupid stuff. I know that the spending on scientific research is important and that it only takes up a fraction of the overall spending, and so it wouldn't have any noticeable effect on the debt. It's just that it doesn't look good from a PR perspective when the government spends money on things like a shrimp running on a treadmill or the sexual preferences of primates.

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

If you actually study (basic) economics, you would understand government debt is _very different_ than private debt. For a teaser, a lot of the debt is between countries.

[@ax14pz107]

Oh no, we owe money to ourselves. How terrible.

[@Petch85]

Maybe we should invent something that could help us find what we need. 😂 For sure we should invest in fundamental science, but I think the problem we are having right now is that we do a lot of bad science. We value quantity and prestige now accuracy and good science. We are dawning in science papers half written by AI based on bad science and it is getting harder and harder to find the truly good science between all the junk. Science is suffering from alle the same problems as everything else is right now. Grifters, Get-rich-quick scheme, shortcuts, fast and cheap, move fast and break things, cutting corners, surface-level success, confidence over competence, style over substance, short term profit trumping integrity and quality, fake it till you make it. I just hate it.

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

Systemic change!

[@woodmanvictory]

Intrinsic versus instrumental value

[@marinacosta8835]

No such thing as "useless knowledge", I say.

[@fish-champ]

World’s most expensive hawk tuah

[@michaelmayhem350]

Pretty much

[@AviationSG13]

Kinda lol

[@jjjttt24]

Lol

[@tryrexm]

disconnect your router

[@OnThatSillyPath]

It caught me off-guard

[@fabrb26]

Bodybuilders be like hold my steroids cocktail i have to go to buy something really quick

[@HMAOO86]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="649">10:49</a>! for real? He wasn't even an inventor

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

Yes he was

[@alexsettle2381]

In the pie chart, the total is 100% but certainly something is off, no? It doesn't take into account that there are underweight people as well. There is definitely an obesity crisis, but these numbers are incorrect.

[@aurorasun-qs1pg]

But what happens if you stop taking it? At one point one has to learn self discipline?

[@kensmith5694]

The weight often doesn't come back. There is a thing going on in human biology that makes it nearly impossible to lose weight for some people. If they eat less, their body switches into the "this is a famine" mode and does everything it can to save energy. They feel tired and hungry all day and find they can't wake up in the morning etc. The drugs cause the weight to be lost without triggering that effect so the person feels normal and willing to go for a walk etc.

[@c.j.sheehan2734]

why is the background music so loud? i had to pause the video to see what was ringing? stop it please

[@chrisbarry9345]

Infomercial...

[@veradragilyova3122]

I think, Gila monster is a relative of the Komodo Dragon! 😁

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Well yeah, they're both lizards. But they're separate families.

[@eclipseslayer98]

Kinda off-topic, but the uses of drug liks ozempic could be 99% elimitated if greedy corpos didn't put industrial lubricants, and other terrible things in foods to make them cheaper. Seed oils and high fructose corn syrup, I'm looking at you. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="478">7:58</a> People didn't listen because selling a $1,000 per month bottle of insuling is a lot more profitable than a new drug they don't have the rights to, and that's potentially cheaper.

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

No.

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

Just no. #1 adding things to a product doesn't make it cheaper, 2 oil isn't added as a "lubricant," 3 it's "insulin," 4 nobody 'owns the rights' to insulin, and 5 no drug company is allowed to make any product they don't own the rights to manufacture.

[@griftgfx]

I'll do it for 50 bucks

[@init_yeah]

Because science

[@dgoddard]

In 10 years, lawyers will have commercials saying "If you, or someone you love, has taken Ozempic (or any of the other miracle drugs) they may be entitled to compensation. The short, easy path is always the most dangerous.

[@diyeana]

Not always. *Never* use absolutes. They _don't_ always come true.

[@donc-m4900]

A Danish study shows about a 2% risk of an eye disease due to this drug.

[@thomasmann3560]

I don't think this was a short or easy path.

[@dgoddard]

@@thomasmann3560 Taking a pill instead of doing a sensible diet and exercise is definitely a short, easy path.

[@dgoddard]

@@donc-m4900 Of course... it's a Danish company making it. Why would they have a reason to lie?

[@RehanRC]

It's because of Big Lizard.

[@MOSMASTERING]

David Icke gets everywhere.

[@NathanSpiwak]

Joe is definitely speaking slower in the first part of this video. Someone must have told him, "You talk too fast!"

[@DorthLous]

I fear you're doing a disservice to the Paul's speech. It had much worse examples and, overall, wasn't about the subjects of the researches, but the amount of government funds from a limited budget given to those topics over other ones. A bang for the buck issue, if you will.

[@KuruGDI]

So you are saying that science needs a place where the artist would not fear the censor; a place where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality; a place where the great would not be constrained by the small. Oh jee wizz, I really wish there was a place that I could contribute to with the sweat of my own brow 🤷

[@fisrtnamelastname3083]

Would you mind elaborating what you just said?

[@KuruGDI]

@@fisrtnamelastname3083 It's a cultural reference. Just copy and search the part from "where the artist [...]" to "[...] constrained by the small" 😉 BTW: I identify as a man of culture.

[@therongjr]

Almost as if capitalism isn't the best way to organize society 🤔

[@guahlg2834]

I have no idea of how you made that conclusion based on the video all I know is that you are wrong.

[@JulesBrunoJjBaggy]

What would this do to a hawk?

[@oldcowbb]

not funny

[@mariuszwisla3230]

except why do they make lives of those curious so hard when they are growing up ? and it does not get any easier later