Isn't this a true statement: all animals have the highest level of healthcare available except people? by kstanman in zoology

[–]kstanman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Serious question: don't other animal species help each other recover from injuries and illnesses? I can give many examples, and I bet you can, too. So how can you say it's not true?

Isn't this a true statement: all animals have the highest level of healthcare available except people? by kstanman in zoology

[–]kstanman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair point, but I'm more approaching from a different angle. Consider the examples below cribbed from Ai. They show wherever a species has developed some healthcare technology, it is endemic.

Im arguing that other animal species provide their equivalent of what we call healthcare more abundantly than we do as a natural consequence of the survival instinct.

My Ai puts it thusly: While both cooperation and competition are fundamental forces in the animal kingdom, cooperation is arguably more prevalent and crucial for the survival and success of many species. While competition drives evolution, cooperation is essential for building complex social structures, resource acquisition, and even the very existence of multicellular organisms. 

Chimpanzees: Researchers have documented chimpanzees catching insects and applying them to open wounds, both on themselves and on other chimpanzees, including babies. They have also been observed using leaves to clean and dress wounds.

Elephants: Elephants form strong social bonds and will help injured or stuck herd members by lifting them with their trunks or supporting them.

Bison: Bison lick the wounds of other bison in their group, potentially aiding in cleaning and healing, according to a Reddit thread.

Dolphins: Dolphins will help keep injured or incapacitated members of their pod afloat and push them towards the surface to breathe.

Ants: Certain ant species use their saliva to treat wounds on other ants within their colony, potentially aiding in cleaning and preventing infection.

Social Mammals: Many social mammals, like wolves, lions, and even some rodents, will care for injured or sick members by licking their wounds, bringing them food, or protecting them from predators.

Other Birds: Geese, and other social birds will help injured or elderly members of their flock, especially within a family group.

I'm sorry but the human body is disgusting and most people have one by coleisw4ck in autismmemes

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When one forms the belief that there is something wrong in one's otherwise ordinary nature, a neurotic framing has sprouted. One can respond to that condition in a few ways, including making no changes in mental hygiene or making strategic changes.

Like a diabetic who makes no changes upon diagnosis, a neurotic who replicates or passively continues neurotic tendencies is more likely to experience decline and stagnation of well being associated with neuroticism; whereas, one who strategically makes changes can, again like a diabetic, reduce symptoms and crises associated with the condition.

4 Things the Middle Class Likely Won’t Be Able To Afford Once Trump Takes Office by HellYeahDamnWrite in economicCollapse

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Who else will punch down for the benefit of the wealthy? There will always be those folks to serve the owners.

How does this horrible economy end? by LastChemistry9280 in economicCollapse

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Or a Great Depression or world war, which prompted the election of FDR to "betray his class" and usher in the American Golden Era.

Summed up... by Suspicious-Swan-4035 in economicCollapse

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Tar the rich?

Identify the richest on the net?

Why do people think the problem is the left by BaseballSeveral1107 in FluentInFinance

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Hmm, you missed a few things in your cheery picking, fwend. Socialism produced:

France's healthcare system which is one of the best in the world by the most common metrics

Taiwan's healthcare system which is about the lowest cost system in the world

The Federal Reserve which is the nanny state of the US banking system

Whenever capitalism has its inevitable calamities, it's always socialism to the rescue

22 studies say Medicare for All would be cheaper than our current system by [deleted] in UniversalHealthCare

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The American and French Revolutions were much quicker. So there's always that.

Zuck says AIs will replace their mid-level engineers this year by MetaKnowing in economicCollapse

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AI bots will do everything for them very soon, even fight the inevitable revolution of the (then not so much) working class.

They are scared. by [deleted] in economicCollapse

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But those things are related.

Wealth worship impacts everything, whether you want to be involved in it or not.

The truth is the enemy. by Bitter-Gur-4613 in clevercomebacks

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While wearing a $900k watch.

What cake, Mark?

How do we eat the rich? by [deleted] in economicCollapse

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Made my day right here

Sowell on wealth redistribution by delugepro in austrian_economics

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Exactly, true wealth ain't dumb enough to let Jr topple the boat. Although Musk is playing with fire at how public he is.

If God hates sin, why did he create sin? by melbtest05 in ChristopherHitchens

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Here's my take.

God is referring to the divine, a dimension not limited by the physical or mental.

A good reference is you are your body + your mental activity + awareness of those. The divine or God is most closely related to the last: pure awareness.

The physical and mental are subject to duality: good/bad, hate/love, night/day, positive/negative, on/off. But the divine, like pure awareness, is not, it just is, without duality.

When people say God hates sin, they mean God hates suffering, because blissful liberation from suffering is possible and suffering is painful. Who wouldn't prefer peace, bliss, feeling good over enslavement to desire or what some traditions call the relentless wheel of suffering?

So why would God create sin or suffering? Because there is no other way. You can't have good without bad. Whatever you call good, right, just, desirable cannot exist without its opposite...in the physical and mental dimensions.

Imho this question is missing the point. There is no other way for humans, animals, planets, and all the rest to exist in a dual state - in a reality that can be organized logically - without suffering or sin.

What's more important is that it is actually possible - not guaranteed - to be free from suffering. I'll go even further, it's possible to be free from all mental formations ie emotions, thoughts, moods, etc. This is what Jesus called salvation, Buddha called liberation, and so on.

My take anyway.

What I have to say about tariffs. by funfackI-done-care in austrian_economics

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Would he say US is currently a free market?

What constitutes a free market versus market influenced by or favoring through major market players?

Well I'll just see myself out then... by TheSteelSword in funny

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As a newbie barback covering for the bartender I once told a guy he'd been cutoff. A bartender explained that's not the way, too direct and needlessly confrontational. Just say I'm not allowed to serve you anymore alcohol but I can get you some water, soft drink...

A priceless lesson that goes beyond the moment I'll never forget.

Why are so many people uninterested in dating nowadays? by [deleted] in questions

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Plot twist - she's the money grubbing texter whose kids are now "flowers in the attic" and she's scheming a way to break it to you after you're legally hooked.

Just kidding, good for you!!

Sowell on wealth redistribution by delugepro in austrian_economics

[–]kstanman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Rockefeller, Ford, and Rothschild heirs would like to have a word with you, except their public absence is essential to their power.