Asklemmy

That COVID essentially gave everyone PTSD or brain damage or both, and has probably fucked us for at least a generation, maybe more.

NB: As a side note, this is just a hunch but I suspect that the next generation coming up (IE people who were infants/very young kids at the time COVID started) is going to be a real weird one. They missed out on crucial social development milestones because of the lockdowns, probably most of them got COVID because we rushed everyone back to school and who knows what that does to very young brains, and they'll spend the rest of their formative years in this sort of jibbering fascist aftermath that we seem to be currently living in. I have no idea what effect this will have on society, but I'll go out on a limb and say "probably not good."

That there is no solution to climate change under capitalism

That AI use stunts mental capacity and learning. That handing kids iPads doesn't make them good at computers. Other stuff too probably, but I'll wait for more studies to come out. Your question is basically "Which of your hot takes do you think will be vindicated in the next decade?"

Vaping is bad for you.

Current energy drinks cause heart/cardiovascular problems.

Well, if you asked me a couple months ago I'd say a study that says genocide is happening is Gaza but the UN finally did it. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds

That societies were wrong to promote non-violent protest as the only permitted form of resistance.

That Trump wasn’t very good for the economy.

That this thread is full of results from existing studies.

Notice how almost every study in this thread has already been done numerous times.

The Cons just say they’re wrong and the media claims that they have to represent ”both sides“ so the general public gets lead to believe the studies are also just opinions.

Trans people are who they say they are.

We know this shit. I’m so tired of arguing against bad-faith motherfuckers for my existence.

All that plastic inundating the environment and accumulating in our bodies is actually a serious problem.

I’m no food scientist or dietitian, but I won’t be surprised if Keto and Carnivore diets are confirmed to accelerate high blood pressure and heart disease.

That children shouldn't drink 2 cups of milk every day.

Rosemary oils effect in helping prevent baldness will be shown to be much less useful than initially thought.

Vaccines don't cause autism.

Homeopathy doesnt work.

That going out and collecting random data is an inefficient and ineffective model of science. P hunting just makes worse scientists.

AI is not inherently bad. That’s like saying computers are bad. It’s the implementations of AI and the unethical training of AI that’s bad.

P != NP

I would love to see a well funded interventional study on institutionalized populations comparing a totally pbf diet vs totally abf diets and settle the debate once and for all.