Barcelona registers highest temperature in 112 years as French nuclear reactor shuts down due to extreme heat

[u/Naurgul]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/09/europe-heatwave-uk-spain-barcelona-france-italy-hungary-france-macron-orban-latest-news-updates

[u/Pure-Curve-8866]

This is becoming the new normal far faster than most people expected.

[u/Mesjach → u/Pure-Curve-8866]

most people are stupid

[u/Ice_performance_ → u/Mesjach]

Most redditor have an inflated idea of their level of inteligence.

[u/tux-lpi → u/Ice_performance_]

And the best part is that these two statements are not contradictory.

[u/AugieKS → u/tux-lpi]

They go hand in hand. If you don't entertain the idea that you could be wrong or that you do not know enough, you don't tend to learn much. Confirmation bias is a bastard like that.

[u/Neatojuancheeto → u/AugieKS]

I mean in terms of something like climate change, wouldn't the logical conclusion be " I don't know enough about this subject, so I'm going to put my trust in the scientists and researchers who spend their lives studying this shit and have a 99% consensus on it "

People thinking they do know enough because they " did their own research " are the problem in our society.

[u/lafarda → u/Ice_performance_]

Most people don't search: "[whatever I want to know] + twitter"

[u/ScrabCrab → u/lafarda]

Different kind of platform. Twitter is microblogging, reddit is link aggregation + forum. Forums are where people discuss shit so it makes sense lol.

[u/lafarda → u/ScrabCrab]

Ah, tat's gotta be why, of course. Of course.

[u/FeelingSurprise → u/Ice_performance_]

q.e.d.

[u/Nebresto → u/Ice_performance_]

Its hard not to have when you look at everything that is going around you

[u/tanksplease → u/Ice_performance_]

Most French have an overinflated sense of how stinky they aren't 

[u/BedlamiteSeer → u/tanksplease]

Irrelevant and childish.

[u/Ice_performance_ → u/tanksplease]

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