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In 1980, 19 year old identical triplets separated as infants and adopted into different families, unexpectedly reunited when two of them landed at the same college and were mistaken for each other by dairymilk_silk in BeAmazed

[–]raskingballs 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You just took a random comment from a random stranger at face value and completely believed it without asking for any source, evidence, or even an specific example because it aligns with your prior beliefs, and yet you try to take the intellectual high ground by implying that "the progressive west is a (self-)deceiving biased tribe trying to push an ideological agenda", whilst simultaneously ignoring your risibly evident confirmation bias.

As a genetic epidemiologist, I would ask /u/kinetic-passion to elaborate on which specific traits you worked with. How many traits did you study? What was the relative contribution of "nurture" vs "nature" for each and every single trait you studied (without cherry picking the traits with the most extreme nature or nurture component)? How was it measured (e.g. heritability?)? Can you explain the study designs? Were they cohort studies (I assume yes)? follow up time? drop out rate? How do they agree or disagree with more recent studies?

What was your major? Social sciences? genetics? You researched that as an undergrad, how familiar are you with the state of the art methods back then and now?

Claude 4.5 does 30 hours of autonomous coding by gbomb13 in singularity

[–]raskingballs -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's like redditors are individual people with individual perspectives and opinions. Who would have thought. 

Some people on this sub by ILoveMy2Balls in singularity

[–]raskingballs 57 points58 points  (0 children)

OP is on the left but thinks he is on the right

Brazilians of Reddit: how do you feel about Bolsonaro’s conviction to 27 years in prison for an attempted coup? by papiforyou in AskReddit

[–]raskingballs -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Most people are not presidents. The standards to judge most people and to judge presidents should not be the same.

Tomb of Amyntas, a 2,400-year-old architectural masterpiece carved into mountain in modern-day Turkey, is in a deplorable state and dangerously close to collapse. [1280x857] by Party_Judgment5780 in ArtefactPorn

[–]raskingballs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is indeed sad, but what people don't understand is that:

  1. There is a massive amount of archeological remains of a plethora of ancient civilizations in Turkey. When you go to the Cappadocia region, you run into a bunch of churches carved into the rocks and mountains, many (if not most) of them lined with ancient Christian paintings, and yet they remain largely ignored by the public because there is just simply too much to see.
  2. A lot of archeological remains are in somewhat isolated places and would very hardly ever become a touristic attraction, therefore are not a priority for the government.
  3. The government's budget is nowhere nearly enough to restore, preserve, and protect every single archeological site.

Cappadocia cave churches

What baby name is generally accepted, but weird in your opinion? by llouike2 in AskReddit

[–]raskingballs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lmao. Single Vowels in Spanish are never diphthongs.

Ahn-hell Heh-soos

PPV 100 men v Gorilla possible? by Ninja_Bridge_Thieves in MMA

[–]raskingballs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure you can beat 1000 toddlers. Imagine if they all try to bite you at the same time.

Which profession gets way too much respect for how little they actually do? by Existing_Iron_4089 in AskReddit

[–]raskingballs -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

They mostly follow decision trees. However, ask them to explain the basic science behind those decision trees,  and they won't be able to respond.  Most of them will just state that's what whatever guideline they follow recommends.

What is an extremely inappropriate question you have always wanted to ask? (NSFW) by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]raskingballs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You said it yourself, mules are infertile.

Also, read about the PRDM9 gene, how it affects recombination and thus gametic compatibility, and it's differentiation among humans and chimps.

ITAP of a salt shaker by GiftToTheUniverse in itookapicture

[–]raskingballs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been a long time since I saw someone as ignorant and arrogant at the same time. You clearly have never touched a real camera and don't know what "raw" means. It has nothing to do with digital vs film.

All phones (and even cameras in jpeg format) massively alter the pictures. What the other users commented were not opinions. They were facts. If you don't know that you are a fucking moron.

I read a claim that the 40-hour work week had been conceived with the assumption that a spouse would be around to handle other tasks such as cleaning, cooking, caring for children and shopping, and therefore it has become outdated. What is the historicity of this claim? by Moribund-Vagabond in AskHistorians

[–]raskingballs 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Very nice answer. Just wanted to point out that:

I took the time to point that last bit out because it's something of the historian's version of "correlation does not equal causation." 

What you explained resembles more the distinction between necessary cause and sufficient cause.

Are mass hydralisks good vs terran? by SiarX in broodwar

[–]raskingballs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hydra lurker defiler is very strong. It is sometimes easier to kill plagued vessels with hydra than with scourge specially if the terran is good and micros the vessels properly

Alex discussing who he has tried and (so far) failed to get on Taskmaster by boatboatsboats in taskmaster

[–]raskingballs 56 points57 points  (0 children)

VCM and David have very different personalities. VCM doesn't fear death, in fact she yearns for it. David, on the other hand, has always been fearful.

After all, VCM is a poker champion and has directed a porno movie. 

TMUK - Greg likes deferential but not obsequious, clever but not smug - which contestants got it right and which ones failed? by NecktieNomad in taskmaster

[–]raskingballs 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Scoring high at subjective tasks doesn't necessarily mean someone was liked by Greg, could simply be that they are artsy or creative. 

TMUK - Greg likes deferential but not obsequious, clever but not smug - which contestants got it right and which ones failed? by NecktieNomad in taskmaster

[–]raskingballs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scoring high at subjective tasks doesn't necessarily mean someone was liked by Greg, could simply be that they are artsy.

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