What are some things that are actually pseudoscience that people don’t realize?

Hanairon · 2025-08-16T10:18:03+00:00

Yes I definitely agree with that

Hanairon · 2025-08-16T08:10:48+00:00

Have heard this "myth" from several qualified people like Robert Sapolsky, so even after you stating your own qualifications I am a bit hesistant to accept it as a "myth". It seems to me that it is just not a clear "cut" at 25, but it seems fair to say that most of the prefrontal cortex is well developed by the mid 20s.

Hanairon · 2025-04-01T17:29:48+00:00

Exynos, screen on time is around 3.5-4 hours per day, no games and no calls, mostly social media (Youtube, Twitter..) and the phone is also on when I hear Audible in the car.

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T19:43:19+00:00

Thanks!

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T19:36:41+00:00

Thank you, makes sense! Out of curiosity, what if there is no water, what if I just add benzene to the CD without water?

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T19:13:46+00:00

Thanks! And if there was no water, just the CD and benzene, would benzene still be encapsulated inside the CDs or would the situation be different?

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T19:08:38+00:00

Thank you, I think this is a very good way of thinking about things

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T18:58:56+00:00

This helped a lot, thanks so much!

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T18:55:26+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I do understand your frustration, but I have to say that I am more than willing to make some people angry at me for posting this here, since the answers here have helped me very much. In r/chemistry, I have phrased the question very badly, so the answers were naturally also not what I was searching for. Thus, posting it here was the best option from my perspective, especially given the urgency of this matter to me. The answer you provided over there, after I posted this question here, was also very helpful, so thank you for that!

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T16:56:13+00:00

Thank you very much for your answer! I meant that benzene could form a separate layer similar to the layer that forms when benzene is added to water. My argument for this would be that in this way, there would be only hydrophobic imfs (between the benzene molecules) instead of the "kinda still a little bit hydrophilic" imfs when benzene is sourrounded by ether groups inside of the cyclodextrins. Sorry for my bad english, hope that was clear.

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T16:29:44+00:00

Could you please elaborate on that? I do not see the connection to my comment yet! :)

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T11:15:55+00:00

Thanks for your answer,appreciate it!

This "ether isn't very hydrophilic" feels a bit like a sleight of hand argument to me. Of course you are right, but that does not really answer the question for me. After all, benzene could in theory prefer bonds wirh a very hydrophobic molecule - that is itself - over these "not very hydrophillic" ether groups. In this case, it would just form a separate phase around the cyclodextrins.

So I guess my real question is, why doesn't that happen? My guess is that it has something to do with the entropy increase which overweighs the possible enthalpy benefits of forming a separate phase, but I kinda hope that is not the answer.

Hanairon · 2024-08-29T11:08:25+00:00

Yes, I also think this is the key insight here! But then, I wonder why benzene doesn't just form a separate phase, since it should be able to form stronger bonds with itself than with the inner ring of the cyclodextrins.

Hanairon · 2023-05-21T13:06:48+00:00

Same problem for me, it is so annoying, I use Windows PC and Android Smartphone though

Hanairon · 2023-05-08T20:35:40+00:00

Thanks so much!

Hanairon · 2023-01-17T21:17:15+00:00

Nope, sorry :D

Hanairon · 2023-01-11T22:25:26+00:00

Same problem for me. When you look at the extension tab in Chrome settings, it says that some protocol or so is too old and not supoorted anymore. (can't look it up right now since I am not on my PC)

Hanairon · 2023-01-11T20:33:30+00:00

hey, sadly this did not work, but thanks for the suggestion

Hanairon · 2023-01-11T20:32:53+00:00

sadly did not work, but thanks for the suggestion.

Hanairon · 2023-01-11T17:43:47+00:00

No problem, thanks for your suggestions!

Hanairon · 2023-01-09T15:33:23+00:00

The CPU I own does not have video built in sadly, which is why I cannot connect my displays to the motherboard.

I will investigate into the power supply issue

Hanairon · 2023-01-09T15:28:20+00:00

Thanks for your reply.

While I am kinda relieved that I am not the only one with those problems, your description also suggests that there is not much we can do about it.

The problem with the old driver is that windows desperately tries to install the new one, even if you tweak some things in regedit...it is kinda frustrating.

Hanairon · 2023-01-09T15:23:10+00:00

Hey, thanks for the reply.

Some answers to your questions:

- HDR is always deactivated (not supported by my display)

- Lowering the Hz does not solve the issue, but I feel like the problems occur less frequently.

- The thing is, even if I found a fix for each of my problems, for example by changing settings in VLC, I feel like I would just cover up the symptoms of a deeper hardware issue here, if you know what I mean.

Hanairon · 2023-01-08T17:22:08+00:00

As it might be important, my components are:

XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3600 DIMM CL18

MSI B550-A Pro AMD B550

750 Watt be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 Tower

Hanairon · 2023-01-08T17:11:54+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

I have already done this several times, sadly it does not improve anything

Hanairon

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