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Mitochondria is the power house of the cell (lemm.ee)
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This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

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[โ€“] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you watch a lot of v-sauce? There's a certain argumentative style that he instills in his audience that I'm picking up when reading your comments. There's a lot of nuance and acceptability outside of the strict definitions that goes into the scientific process (as much as strict adherents don't like it, science is done when we close those gaps, it isn't immediate nor absolute)