r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Sep 09 '24

Neuroscience Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds. MRI scans found girls’ brains appeared 4.2 years older than expected after lockdowns, compared with 1.4 years for boys.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/sep/09/covid-lockdowns-prematurely-aged-girls-brains-more-than-boys-study-finds
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u/Mysfunction Sep 10 '24

Right? Like, at least bring some evidence to the table if you’re going to spout your opinions on a science subreddit, or what are we even doing here?

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u/napkantd Sep 10 '24

Science to a lot of people comes down to hearsay and opinion. You hear a half truth from that guy in a bar and since you don't know any better your brain subconsciously logs in and here they are spouting it off for all of us to hear spreading the unprovable information to thousands of people.

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u/Mysfunction Sep 10 '24

If the last four years taught us anything, it’s that many people who like to talk about science don’t know what science is.

It’s not just biology or politicized topics either. My partner is an astrophysicist and he opts out of any conversation where someone brings up quantum physics because nobody knows what they’re talking about and there’s no way for him to participate in the conversation without telling them that.

Being that misinformation about biology has a much more problematic impact, I’m not so lucky and I feel at least some responsibility to engage with people when they’re misinformed.

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u/napkantd Sep 10 '24

I know you're specifically referring to covid but the problem becomes so obvious when people talk about drugs too. Almost no one knows what they're talking about, and it's a big part of the reason why drugs are still banned. I think a lot of people are scared and just listen to that one schizo friend of theirs.