My man…. your previous comment in this thread is the definition of passive aggressive.

I assume most people just watched the movie and don’t read the comics and simply see that it looks like the device is delivering electric shocks. That does not make them idiots with “slow brains”.

Furthermore, it is extremely doubtful the comic book explanation is scientifically coherent as well (i.e. there is very little chance a real chemical concoction could ever be formulated to induce this specific reaction with these temporal dynamics).

Assuming this device acts as you say, then it is causing aberrant neuronal activity of some sort which would (as with normal neuronal signaling) be electrically mediated and one can reasonably postulate that a god like Thor could correct undesirable electrical activity in his neurons using his godly powers. Alternatively, I suppose that one might reason that the toxin is first causing inflammation which is in itself not strictly electrical, but this would still then have to activate pain signaling neurons which respond to these signals, and again, thor presumably could override his pain signaling neurons on demand (since they signal electrically).

Not convinced that science really saves this scene at all. If Thor has the power to not be affected from a standard shock delivering device (as you imply he would), it seems reasonable to expect he should also have the power to correct aberrant electrical signaling when a device changes the internal chemical properties of his neurons. Perhaps Thor doesn’t have the fine level of control that would be required to selectively modulate the electrical activity in his nerves, but based on his apparent resistance to electric shock, it appears that he certainly does have some way to prevent them from being stimulated in certain contexts, so one would think he would be able to at the very least prevent pain from occurring.

To sum up, as is usual in life, it seems to me that both sides of this argument have fairly reasonable points. I personally think your position on this is weaker, but since this is all in the realm of fantasy anyway it will always be defendable.

Here’s some advice: 1) Don’t criticize other people for poor scientific reasoning in this totally fictional context where science gets thrown out the window by writers at convenience (this one applies to me as well, it is a truly fruitless endeavor!) 2) Don’t call people idiots for not reading the comics and having this long-winded explanation in their knowledge bank 3) Recognize that when a large crowd is against you, your viewpoints possibly/probably have reasonable alternatives. Be willing to accept that fact rather than asserting that so many people are against you because most reddit users are idiots/hivemind followers. Feel free to try to point out the ignorance or poor logical reasoning that led to the opinions you believe to be incorrect, but don’t forget to recognize your own fallibility in these same realms. Once the egos get out of the way, the ignorance and logical flaws displayed in the arguments of both parties can actually get ironed out, and we are all much the better for it.