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Comment Re: Yep, suuure... (Score 1) 38

"The number of human chromosomes was published by Painter in 1923. By inspection through a microscope, he counted 24 pairs of chromosomes, giving 48 in total. His error was copied by others, and it was not until 1956 that the true number (46) was determined by Indonesian-born cytogeneticist Joe Hin Tjio."

Is measurement really a social act?

Comment Re: Your hit piece on us is wrong!11! (Score 1) 155

"Science has shown us that they "love" at least as much as humans do, and with the same biochemical foundation."

In the past before this discovery, would you have argued that pet owners are simply anthropomorphizing? And now that that excuse has been dismissed, have you moved on to "sure they may have emotions but we're justified in experimenting on them because we eat animals"? What about us vegetarians? Why shouldn't science stop using wet labs because of the "first, do no harm" principle, instead of finding excuse after excuse to justify clearly amoral conduct?

Comment Re: Paranoia (Score 1) 155

What more extraordinary evidence do you need than the coastlines of South America and Africa? How can geologists look at Iceland's rift today and see clear evidence of drifting, with just their own eyes, yet they were blind to the obvious for so long? And what glaringly obvious evidence are they blind to, today?

Comment Re: Bye, UNESCO. It’s Not Us; It’s You (Score 1) 117

Remember when Reagan put us at a then-unthinkable $6 trillion in debt and it just bankrupted the Soviet Union? What if the dollar is the hub currency of international trade and the private sector's preferred unit of final settlement, and since the US stock market keeps setting record new highs, and has well outpaced inflation, will likely remain there for seven generations, at least?

Comment Re: Your hit piece on us is wrong!11! (Score 1) 155

How come the University of Washington has an underground chimp lab that pops up in the news for mistreating the animals?

Are you saying that wet labs have now shifted their moral position from "animals can't feel emotions" (which was cited in discussions like these when I was younger) to "animals feel emotions but Mengele had the right idea"?

Comment Re: Termination Shock (Score 1) 76

Who cares if they come to the US? If you don't like it, why not move? As for the dollar, if it survived going off the gold standard and printing trillions in 2008 and 2020 why shouldn't it survive basic income? What else are you going to invest in? Are you aware that US stocks outperform inflation because private international agents actually prefer sn expansive currency?

Comment Re: Everything always goes lowest bidder (Score 1) 87

What Is Business Crime Insurance?
Business crime insurance, also known as commercial crime insurance, is a type of insurance policy that a business can buy to protect itself from losses from business-related crime. Protection through the policy can cover cash, assets, merchandise, or other property loss when someone perpetrates fraud, embezzlement, forgery, misrepresentation, robbery, theft, or any other type of business-related crime on the company.

Comment Re: Idiot (Score 0) 41

Are you the technician from the Deep Learning South Park episode? Or gweihir?

"School counselor Mr. Mackey informs Stan's class that a student used OpenAI technology for schoolwork. A "technician" dressed as a falconer arrives with his falcon Shadowbane to analyze the students' work and identify the cheater."

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