@alexdainis: Important research can seem silly on the surface but that doesn’t mean it should be defunded. #science #sciencefunding

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moose_s0up
Chunt Funderstash :
The typical playbook for anyone anti science is 1-reduce subject to absurdity 2- do absolutely zero research into the topic. 3-complain and drool.
2025-07-31 17:27:00
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beardedticdoc
Bearded Tik Doc :
I missed the point of the video and would like to argue pedantically about what constitutes wasabi in common usage…
2025-07-30 15:52:04
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clavantg2
Charles Greene II :
You lost them at science 😭
2025-08-04 00:47:17
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sam070495
Sam :
so I LOVE research like this the problem is funding it with tax dollars, this should be funded by investment dollars from the future beneficiaries of the research
2025-07-30 16:07:00
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zzzamo
zzzamo :
There are two realities in our world: Jeopardy and Family Feud. Jeopardy strives for the factual answer while Family Feud embraces the popular answer. You are a Scientist with Jeopardy results as your goal, while the current populism is tilting towards Family Feud guesswork.
2025-07-30 16:10:10
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cedillpike
Christopher E Dill :
I also have an uncomfortable response to wasabi. Grossest thing on the face of the earth. 😂
2025-08-02 00:07:52
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megancaplan
megancaplan :
Humans have closely related genes with fruit flies?!
2025-07-30 17:19:04
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chestylaroo420
chestylaroo420 :
Did your research lead to any new ways to treat pain?
2025-07-30 15:59:59
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welwitschia357
Welwitschia :
can I ask how it’s ethical to essentially torture fruit flies (or any other model organisms)? Not trying to be combative just genuinely curious what sorts of ethics go into this sort of testing, this type of research is so important but I really struggle with the ethics of it
2025-07-30 22:27:28
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syntrophysieber
Jessica Sieber :
I had a colleague that would jokingly describe her research as getting mice high and watching them dance! What she really did was look at long term opioid use and how pain signals were recieved. The main stimuli they used was a hot pad and they would monitor how long it took the mice to start picking up their paws to get away from the heat. They learned so much about how pain meds influence pain receptors.
2025-08-01 01:52:01
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elephantcostello
Ray :
Interaction for the algorithm
2025-08-01 13:05:17
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ziggetyxag
Xena :
doesn’t wasabi spice pathway differ from our capsaicin receptors? Would that affect the medication mechanism in cells?
2025-07-30 18:02:59
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cruinard
Cruinard :
The “… and inefficient” on the end there has me dying lol
2025-07-31 00:03:42
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kangc279
kangc279 :
Facts, human do not need other human for survival, if technology allows it.
2025-08-01 09:54:02
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usahanastan
jenna ♪ :
when i was in college, one of my professors had a framed quote that i still think about— “behind every strange or confusing study is an abstract.” so many research efforts wouldn’t make sense if you just looked at what was being done at face value! progress isn’t linear!
2025-07-31 18:53:47
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kylelambert24
Kyle Lambert :
I thought spicy foods only triggered a pain response in mammals. Is that not the case or does wasabi have a different mechanism of action from things like hot peppers?
2025-07-30 23:56:08
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frozenmangochunks
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So many medications/active ingredients have been discovered by accident, I think people don’t realize the roundabout ways that we find super useful information
2025-07-31 01:47:39
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riley2851
NuclearDice :
I must know, what did you discover?
2025-07-31 05:40:55
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full_of_something
OmegaBunnyOfDoom :
as someone just doing their CITI training I loved that "highly unethical" was followed with "and inefficient".
2025-08-01 12:24:08
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jamaesi
Mae Sio :
Did you use real wasabi or horseradish?
2025-07-31 21:43:21
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savonalee
Savona — Nonfiction BookTok :
Super applicable research! I wonder how this could be applied to agriculture?
2025-08-01 01:01:02
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captfatstacks
brent :
My cousin is a fruit fly, so I take offense to this
2025-08-06 02:56:05
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whatever_works_man
Whateverworks :
For example if you want to launder federal money to your rich friends, you can reduce something like “measuring the effects of environmental changes on the health of ocean life critical to coastal economies and ecosystems” down to “seeing if shrimp can walk on treadmills”
2025-07-31 05:35:22
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thesenorcoque
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So, what did you find? Is it published yet?i would love to read up on this
2025-08-01 14:17:44
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curlypineaple
ffweeon :
i’m not a scientist or researcher in any way but i once went down a rabbit hole about exactly why fruit flies are so good for research and it was absolutely fascinating
2025-07-30 17:28:26
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