Lee Trundle
6:47 Thu Jul 22
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Hammer & Pickled's neck.
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BBondsBootlaces
6:43 Thu Jul 22
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re: Dr Thomas Midgley Jr
He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to lift himself out of bed. In 1944, he became entangled in the device and died of strangulation
His Wikipedia is an interesting read.
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deanfergi
1:53 Thu Jul 22
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Yes,Edison’s the name. Yes, wires from house to house, across the land… Sorry, Nikola who..?!
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nychammer
5:46 Sat Jul 10
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Wave and solar power as a replacement for nuclear and fossil. It works, yes but Never going to be viable on scale
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deanfergi
4:43 Sat Jul 10
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Theory of Evolution... -ish...
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cholo
5:42 Thu Jul 8
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gph
It was industry and snakeoil salesmen that promoted that particular horror I believe.
I recommend anyone to check out the story of the radium girls and Eben Byers for two particulary gruesome tales.
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gph
5:35 Thu Jul 8
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The radium is good for you health food craze of the 1930s and 40s.
They thought that the energy emitted by it could be utilised by the body.
TBF, I don't think any big name scientists were involved.
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Burnhammeronsea
9:38 Wed Jul 7
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Smart Motorways
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chevy chase
2:54 Wed Jul 7
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Flux capacitor & hoverboards
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BRANDED
1:43 Wed Jul 7
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Science helps humans to survive
Economics slows birth rate
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gph
1:33 Wed Jul 7
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Piston Hammered = Thomas Midgley IV
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Robson
1:23 Wed Jul 7
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Dr Thomas Midgley Jr. was great at this.
In 1921 he discovered that adding a lead compound to petrol prevented "knocking" in internal combustion engines. He promoted his additive as "Ethyl" to avoid the mention of lead which might have been off-putting to some.
Not content with giving the world leaded petrol, he went on to develop CFCs in the late 1920s.
Genius.
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Syd Puddefoot
12:59 Wed Jul 7
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BRANDED 12:01 Tue Jul 6
To alleviate the rising sea level problem we could all just drink it then.
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,
9:34 Tue Jul 6
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Eugenics has had some proponents who have been discredited over the years.
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PistonHammered
7:56 Tue Jul 6
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Science when allowed to stand on its own merits usually gets it right. Its only when the science is being driven by politics that it fails miserably! Things like:-
Covid
The Jab
Global warming
Running out of oil
Global cooling
Hole in the ozone
And many more. All horrendously wrong to the detriment of mankind, all lies propagated by the evil scum we call government!
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w4hammer
7:11 Tue Jul 6
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duuno about favourite- moire like fuckin incredible that the mad scientists at jaguar landrover created a car security system that allows a street roadman to intercept the alarm and drive it off in the time it takes to KMT - porr girl next door has only havd her vogue for three months and off its gone. #cunbts
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riosleftsock
1:13 Tue Jul 6
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The increase in life expectancy is slowing down and the rate of population growth in slowing too (nothing to do with Covid, this trend precedes it), in fact the life expectancy in some western countries has decreased in some years.
Need to be careful with life expectancy figures because they are artificially reduced by childhood deaths. Once you improve paediatric mortality/childhood illnesses, life expectancy stats leap up.
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Coffee
12:27 Tue Jul 6
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Only in the Branded Manual of Demographic Theory. Often, it's the case that scientific advancement, e.g. improved survivability, reduces population growth,
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BRANDED
12:23 Tue Jul 6
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Population increase seems to be directly linked to scientific advancements to be fair.
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Mike Oxsaw
12:17 Tue Jul 6
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riosleftsock 12:08 Tue Jul 6
And, I suspect, those are the same countries most susceptible to rising sea levels.
Not to worry though, all those people can come and live on the Chiltern HILLS.
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Mike Oxsaw
12:14 Tue Jul 6
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BRANDED 12:11 Tue Jul 6
How do you interpret "Got" with respect to time?
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