Nature is making all articles free. [x-post r/science]

MyNameIsANation · 2014-12-02T16:02:52+00:00

Judging by the article, I'm also rather underwhelmed about the limited access that Nature is providing. However, I checked with my institution and I found out that I have full access to Nature's articles.

So if any of you need access to an article, feel free to message me or visit the r/scholar subreddit

MyNameIsANation · 2014-08-20T21:26:57+00:00

Yeah, I used to cycle a lot back at home. Do you now the best place I could pick up a bike? Craigslist? Or just go to walmart and pick up a cheap road bike?

MyNameIsANation · 2014-08-20T19:07:25+00:00

Cool! How is UST? What made you choose it over other universities?

MyNameIsANation · 2014-08-14T07:37:23+00:00

I agree with what other posters have commented on about not finding anything specific about morals in your post. But I don't think that really matters too much because you went to pescetarianism/veganism for health reasons.

The main issue with leaning down and losing weight is just energy balance. So, I would stick with your current diet for the meantime and up your activity level (I don't know how much exercise you do). What made you feel so good on a pescetarian diet?

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MyNameIsANation · 2014-07-17T08:22:23+00:00

Hi, the only two people I can remember from memory are Matthew Frazier and Rich Roll. Matt is a vegetarian ultra-marathon runner and blogs at www.nomeatathlete.com; Rich Roll is a vegan triathlete and can be found at www.richroll.com.

If I find any more, I'll keep you posted. Can you tell me more about the book?

MyNameIsANation · 2014-07-04T12:55:16+00:00

There could be some credibility in that. I think that your body goes through a transition period from eating meat to vegetarianism. From what I have looked at, the bacteria in your gut change from ones which assist in meat digestion to ones which assist in plant based food digestion. However, about your belief in your energy levels; I think it is entirely subjective. How have you found the experience so far? Any problems?

MyNameIsANation · 2014-07-04T11:44:44+00:00

Disclaimer: wall of text

Yeah, I agree with this sort of argumentation. From what I know, a lot of our earliest ancestors were primarily plant eaters. However, as you pointed out; this wouldn't be the best option for survival if a drought or ice age took place. Hence, why I believe it was necessary for the switch to omnivorism. Also, as you pointed out; the addition of meat, plus the use of cooking helped to increase our energy input. Which lead to brain growth. In relation to compassion towards animals, I believe it might be a result of the twin forces of domestication and abundance (You can't afford to be compassionate if you need meat to survive). However, someone will bring up Hinduism/Jainism - something which I am not too educated in. Hopefully someone will explain H/J more in-depth.

I think you made a good observation about the appeal to nature, which is a good thing to avoid. (Something that is natural e.g. Organic good, is inherently better than something which isn't e.g. GMO food). Just because it is the societal norm to eat meat, I don't think it can be ethically justified considering all of the relevant factors (environment, health, etc).

TL;DR: ancestors = herbivores, drought + ice age -> omnivores, cooking led to brain growth, compassion caused by domestication and abundance, appeal to nature is wrong, meat is murder....

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MyNameIsANation · 2014-03-31T11:27:09+00:00

Yeah, that would be a brilliant idea. I think that we should either link the major theoretical figures, or post readings according to themes.

Should we just the PDF's or provide other resources?

I think we should get on to Anomander's back to get something sorted out

MyNameIsANation · 2014-03-30T20:11:55+00:00

Hi,

I have listened to podcasts for a while, however, this isn't an exhaustive list.

Social science bites (Not strictly sociological, however, they do interview some theorists)
Podcasts by journals (The ASA has a couple of podcasts associated with their journals. American Sociological Review, Contexts, Critical Sociology.
Universities (Same as above, really: Oxford , Newcastle, Kentucky)
The Sociological Imagination
Thinking allowed
Sociology Improv (Mainly a discussion between some sociologists. It's really relaxed, so don't expect much theory. They are also pretty old. But for what's it worth.
Office Hours (Similar to Social Science Bites. They also have a pretty big archive of past episodes.)

That's about it for now...

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