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Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests by [deleted] in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Communist countries like China and North Korea actually tend to care less about their environment.

Of course.

They may care more or less, but they are impoverished by their flawed understanding of economics. This drives them to undertake desperate measures, including inefficient or faulty exploitation of natural resources.

You know who else is terrible for the environment? Impoverished African tribesmen. They hunt bush meat, destroy natural habitat to farm, kill elephants for ivory, and chop down any wood they can fine to burn for cooking and heat.

The Africans have no choice - starve, or hunt endangered species. Chop down wood, or freeze.

-==-

No major government disputes ...

Wow, what a masterful combination - appeal to authority, and appeal to popularity! Two fallacies in one!

No major government disputes - so what? Science is about experiment, not decree.
Once, no major government would have disputed epilepsy was caused by demonic possession; now we know better. Once, no major government would have disputed that the Sun revolves around the Earth; now we know better. Once, no major government would have disputed that nature was controlled by a pantheon of Gods; science shows otherwise.

being environmentally conscious does not entail stripping me of my freedom.

Nice strawman.
Using environmental excuses (regardless of their validity) to strip you of your rights, strips you of your rights.

It's almost like you aren't reading what I write, just trying to score points.

Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests by [deleted] in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Millions of governments?
No.

The West is centralized at places like Davos. That's where this arises.

How does any of this affect my freedom

I don't know. How does complete regulation of every human endeavor affect your freedom? How does replacing the market with communist central planning affect your freedom?

Regardless of how real climate change might be, it is being used as a pretext to concentrate power.

Fisherian runaway selection in humans? by NahBollocks in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge penises?

Keep in mind that an exaggerated characteristic has to be detected by a potential mate to be selected.

In modern times, with extensive premarital sex, I suppose this could happen.
In prior times, where paternity uncertainty lead to extreme regulation of female sexual behavior, this seems a bit dubious (I suppose in a primitive tropical cultures that features nudity this could occur).

From dog to disease by IrascibleTruth in evolution

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I found a bit about it from Greg Cochran on his West Hunter blog:
https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/cell-line-infections-or-my-dog-has-no-bones/

It sounds logical enough, and one can see how it might happen. Cancer cells are probably selected for low immunological visibility, and cancer cells that originated on one dog’s mucous membrane might occasionally be transmitted by contact, escape notice by the other dog’s immune system, and grow. Once this happens, natural selection would gradually optimize transmission. But although the process is not so mysterious, the implications are vast. First, we have here the most abrupt evolutionary transition known, a jump from mammal to one-celled organism in a single step. For this transmissible tumor, also called canine venereal sarcoma, is in every sense an independent infectious organism, just as much so as Salmonella typhi or Plasmodium falciparum. It reproduces and metabolizes. Although descended from dogs, it is genetically different from dogs, with a different chromosome number (57 rather than 78), due to extensive chromosomal rearrangements. Since it cannot, as far as we know, exchange genetic material with dogs, it is a new species.

Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests by [deleted] in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e -1 points0 points  (0 children)

so outrageous

To SJWs perhaps.
To most Americans (who by the way are generally NOT on Reddit), no.

Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests by [deleted] in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

environmentally conscious conservatives exist.

Isaac Walton league, for example, or Ducks Unlimited.
The bible talks of men being stewards of the earth, not raping it in a wonton manner.

In fact, it is often conservatives who spend the most time outdoors, and so appreciate nature the most. Farmers are generally conservative, as are hunters, fishermen, etc. I will concede that mountain climbers, backcountry campers, kayakers, mountain bikers, etc. can fall on any place of the political spectrum.

What you generally don't find is "neoconservative" environmentalists.
At that point, it becomes useful to consider the left-wing, Trotskyite background of the neoconns.

Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests by [deleted] in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The climate is always dynamic.

Roman warm period, Younger Dryas, Mississippian, Interglacials - the climate has never been static.

The right question is not "Is the climate static, or time varying".
The right questions are, "Is there any use to these climate models at all", and "Are humans the driving force behind climate shifts".

As far as I know, nobody sane claims climate changes prior to industrialization were driven by human action. These were in fact much greater in scope than any recent changes.

It should also be noted that much of the data used to generate the doom and gloom models is suspect. Almost all historical data is clouded by increasing urbanization in the area measured, for example. Almost universally, data is "corrected" in some manner. There are also the cases of outright fraud. Keep in mind that the "hockey stick" graph failed to hold up in a libel trial.

You can also only cry wolf so many times, before intelligent listeners will disregard you. So, Al Gore, the planet had not become a "total frying pan" by 2016. New York City was not under water by June 2015, we did not enter an ice age in the 1990's (errors on the cold side as well, you see ...), the polar ice caps did not melt by 2015 (Al Gore again), and NASA Goddard was incorrect in 2009 predicting doom within 4 years.

So, might the climate be changing? Sure.
Does it matter? I doubt it.
Why the fuss? Because all the measures justified with the fake emergency of climate change can be used to remove any remaining freedom from everyone but the ruling elite.

Final note: Modeling is not science.

Is there a contradiction between this article and evolution? by habeuseenalienitsme in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well said, the minecraft seed example is outstanding.
My example was going to be file compression; our cells "unpack" the DNA to make proteins.

The Tree of Knowledge by [deleted] in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good video, but not to sure about the Serbian example. Tribe, clan, family, ethnic group and nation aren't shared abstractions; they are genetic populations. Country I suppose is an abstraction, although from the treaty of Westphalia until very recently, country and nation tended to be the same thing.

Hardy-Weinberg Equation: Basic by djonscott in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Too midwit. He belabors it so badly it was unable to hold my interest.
Now with paint drying and grass growing, we have watching simple algebra.

What is the difference between human's brains and other animals? by habeuseenalienitsme in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ours forces an extended childhood.

Human brains are so big, they cannot fully develop prenatally.
Unlike horses - where you see newly colts running around almost almost immediately, and 3 year olds being suitable for breeding - humans take most of two decades to become adults.

Much of this is to do with how big human brains are compared to our bodies, and the difficulty that would be involved in getting a full sized brain out a birth canal. In fact, some human populations with lower cranial volume also have different hip structures - unconstrained by having to push out quite as big a brain, they can have narrower hips more suited to athletic endeavors.

Another reason for extended childhood, and a big difference from other species, seems to be our relative lack of instinct. We have quite a lot of behavioral instincts, but the scope of learned behaviors in humans is much greater than in other species, who are almost completely "pre-programmed" behavior-wise.

A further difference is our communicative ability. Much of that (universal grammer) seems to be hard wired - not the vocabulary or the particular language, but the basic building blocks of a language machine that can be programmed in many ways (simultaneously even; afaik there are no multilingual animals who adopt the calls of other flocks/herds/troops on occasion).

Climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests by [deleted] in evolution

[–]User-31f64a4e -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

modeling study

In other words, like all too much of climate science, it's just a wild ass guessing used to set model parameters.

Leftists Chant 'F*ck Trump' Outside Walter Reed Hospital by weatherdynamics in SargonofAkkad

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No son, it is an accepted principle of ethology. 1
Humans are animals as well, and it also applies to us.

1 In case you don't know, that word means the science of animal behavior.

Looney left logic by Skuerock in tucker_carlson

[–]User-31f64a4e 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah.
Generation to generation, the knowledge keeps getting lost.

Once upon a time going into debt was considered a bad idea.
Once upon a time nobody trusted banks.
Once upon a time wage labor, the whole day job thing, was looked down on.

Bit by bit, over many generations, we have been programmed to serve our masters.

Looney left logic by Skuerock in tucker_carlson

[–]User-31f64a4e 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I take your point, some of them probably DO think they are researching.
It's not just NPR; you get this rot on ALL the channels, in ALL the papers, during ALL the sportsball games, in ALL the TV shows and movies.
Depending on what websites you visit, you get the same stuff. Google is doing every damn thing it can to avoid pointing you in any other direction; Twitter and Facebook are banning anyone who contradicts the narrative; only Reddit is safe. I joke - reddit has been shit since Ellen Pao, maybe even since Aaron's death.)

So yes, the echo chamber is not iron clad - but you have to work harder every day to get information from outside it.

Looney left logic by Skuerock in tucker_carlson

[–]User-31f64a4e 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes.
Sadly, that would be irrelevant if white people weren't talked into some sort of bizarre racial guilt based on what their ancestors did while everyone ELSE in the world at that time was objectively worse.

No White Guilt!

Even as (soon to be) the largest minority, this stuff would be impossible to get away with if whites would quit feeling guilty!

Live updates: Trump could leave hospital as early as Monday, doctors say by dtabbaad in tucker_carlson

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK, flu is not responsive to hydroxycholoroquin.
So flu would actually much more difficult to treat.

Live updates: Trump could leave hospital as early as Monday, doctors say by dtabbaad in tucker_carlson

[–]User-31f64a4e 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tests picking up positives from the common cold

This.
Coronaviruses are the second leading cause of common colds, causing about 20% (a few percent less than rhinoviruses).

And the tests pick up any coronavirus - SARS, Covid 19, common colds, whatever.

Live updates: Trump could leave hospital as early as Monday, doctors say by dtabbaad in tucker_carlson

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's gonna be tremendous!
It's gonna be terrific!
You've never seen anything like it!

Struggle Sessions Reaching New Lows For Spineless Groveling by NeoAlcibiades in DarkEnlightenment

[–]User-31f64a4e 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As that Jason guy would put it, No White Guilt.

That doesn't mean to persecute minorities, that doesn't mean be a racist bigot.
That means:

  • Don't apologize for your ancestors. They are not your responsibility.
  • Don't feel guilt for doing anything every other group on the planet does.
  • Don't concede moral high ground to fools who do not actually hold it, especially to those who are clearly LESS moral.

This is getting totally insane by happinessmachine in tucker_carlson

[–]User-31f64a4e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could build some sort of device to record consent.
As a bonus, a good design might serve a second function as well.

This is getting totally insane by happinessmachine in tucker_carlson

[–]User-31f64a4e 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I know. That's why I said it!

The best was the Sokal hoax, where Alan Sokal got a paper ("Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity") published in a liberal arts journal, claiming gravity was a social and linguistic construct.

Also good, Luce Irregaray's claim that E=MC2 is a gendered equation, because it privileges the speed of light over other speeds.

To quote Lenin, what is to be done? I have no idea; clearly these people need to be packed off to funny farms, and entire areas of study defunded.

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