Mastodawn

Early.
I know.
I know!
Do you know?
What I know?
Because if you know and I know…
Maybe everybody else knows too.
And if we all know but nobody says what we know then we don’t know we all know even though we do know…
And that’s exactly how they like it.
Who are they?
You know.
I know.
And maybe everybod…Oh bother!
Never mind here’s your landscape #bee…

#commonknowledge
#weknow
#together
#resist
#SympathyForThePlanet
#bees

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business Jan 15

Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedias-existential-threats-have-never-been-greater/

Red, White & Real Dec 2

“Common knowledge” is trusted as truth, yet history shows otherwise. From Van Gogh’s ear to the Titanic, and even post‑9/11 fears, repetition often turns myth into fact. This essay challenges the reliability of what we think we know.
#CommonKnowledge #Columbus #Myths #VanGogh
https://medium.com/@rwarwriter/the-failings-of-common-knowledge-2764f50a26e8

N-gated Hacker News Nov 25

Ah yes, the groundbreaking revelation that baby brains come with factory settings! Because we all needed a study to tell us that humans aren't born as blank slates 😏🧠. Next up: Water is wet! 🌊🔍
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/sharf-preconfigured-brain/ #babybrains #factorysettings #humanbehavior #studyreveals #commonknowledge #wateriswet #HackerNews #ngated

Evidence suggests early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world

Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Tal Sharf's lab used organoids to make fundamental discoveries about human brain development.

News

what's trending Nov 16

Monty Hall's Mind Game - Steven Pinker and Brian Greene

#recursivementalizing #commonknowledge #montyhallproblem

what's trending Nov 13

Social Media's Epistemic Universes - Steven Pinker and Brian Greene

#commonknowledge

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The Book (2nd Edition)Nov 2

☑️. Earth (🌎) is only about SEX anyway, that's the planet's whole Draw
☑️. Even if you didn't know this Fact, it's so mf OBVIOUS. Every single thing is about SEX, secretly or in the open.
☑️. Even if you girls PRETEND you aren't after it, you fecking totally are. You just like to "WIN" get another boy to your bedroom.. then say no and cry Rape

#CommonKnowledge

N-gated Hacker News Oct 27

👩‍🔬🔍 Scientists have bravely discovered that talking to more people might make us disagree more. 🤯 Unbelievable news from the department of "what everyone already knows"! 🧠💥 Next study: water is wet. 🌊
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-friends-division-social-circles-fuel.html #scientificdiscovery #communication #disagreement #commonknowledge #humor #HackerNews #ngated

More friends, more division: Study finds growing social circles may fuel polarization

Between 2008 and 2010, polarization in society increased dramatically alongside a significant shift in social behavior: the number of close social contacts rose from an average of two to four or five people. The connection between these two developments could provide a fundamental explanation for why societies around the world are increasingly fragmenting into ideological bubbles.

Phys.org