PipGirl101 t1_itqpyu9 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 4:40 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in New Technique For Decoding People's Thoughts Can Now Be Done From a Distance by fungussa

>sciencealert.com/new-te...

It's much less amazing, and potentially meaningless, when you read the actual study.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.29.509744v1.full

PipGirl101 t1_irnonkm wrote on October 9, 2022 at 5:27 PM

Reply to comment by wowguineapigs in What is the current consensus on coronavirus transmission through fomites? Can I stop pressing elevator buttons with my keys? by PolytheneMan

Was it a cloth mask? If so, that could be why. They are essentially (though not completely) worthless. Even with a real mask, it's still possible to get it from someone coughing nearby, just not nearly as likely. You're so much more likely to have gotten it that way than by touching something.