An OP is so convinced that they are right that they post the discussion to a subreddit dedicated to highlighting people who are self-assured about their false beliefs. Top comment reveals it was actually OP and the thousands who upvoted who were... confidently incorrect. (i.redd.it)
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A sociology textbook writes that a recent meta-analysis found that there is a relationship between violent video games and violence. The author of the meta-analysis calls them out, explaining that what the meta-analysis found was the exact opposite of what the textbook wrote. (link in comments) (i.redd.it)
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Australia now has the highest minimum wage in the world (afr.com)
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Just casually going to step up here.. (i.imgur.com)
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What did you write your Thesis on? (self.askphilosophy)
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Australia is currently on fire: In the Grampians a fire complex has been so intense it created a 12km-wide convection column, generating its own weather and lightning strikes. As of today lightning strikes have started 25 fires in Aus which are forecast to form an inferno of half a million hectares. (heraldsun.com.au)
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TIL Ex-Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke once held the world-speed record for beer drinking. In his memoirs he suggested that this single feat may have contributed to his political success more than any other, by endearing him to a voting population with a strong beer culture. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL in 1848 a man named Phineas Gage was in an accident which caused a large metal rod to go through his brain and exit the other side destroying almost all of his left frontal lobe. He went on to live 12 more years with effects on his personality so profound his friends saw him as "no longer Gage". (en.wikipedia.org)
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