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horsetuna t1_j1rpza3 wrote
Reply to comment by DickieGreenleaf84 in do you think that with media (booktok and booktube) we are losing critical thinking? by Organic_Rock_6974
I wasnt going to pitch my stuff in the videos. Just have a link in my bio and that's it.
horsetuna t1_j1rpkx1 wrote
Reply to comment by DickieGreenleaf84 in do you think that with media (booktok and booktube) we are losing critical thinking? by Organic_Rock_6974
Why?
horsetuna t1_j1rj370 wrote
Reply to comment by DickieGreenleaf84 in do you think that with media (booktok and booktube) we are losing critical thinking? by Organic_Rock_6974
I was thinking of doing it in hopes of drumming up interest in my own publications.
horsetuna t1_j09j8o1 wrote
Reply to comment by Belzeturtle in How much gas/oil, roughly, is actually left for us to use? How long until we get to the last drop and need to start rationing? by football2106
The term Fossil Fuel probably confuses a lot.
Plus the dinosaur on Sinclair Oil
horsetuna t1_j07ebor wrote
Reply to comment by liquid_at in why do we perceive certain smells as good or bad? by justanotherbabywitxh
I've often wondered what my body craves then when it really really wants a cheese burger.
Oh wait is that the highly processed part?
horsetuna t1_j058spn wrote
Reply to comment by h3rbi74 in Do we know the amount of "dog genetics" that spread into the wolf population? by CrDe
Randomly on the topic of what defines a species, they found that two species of cichlid fish will interbreed and produce viable offspring if you use a filtered color of light that makes them look identical. .
But in natural conditions, they will refuse to even approach each other because they look too different.
A similar study was done on two species of grasshoppers. The females breed with the males that sound right. And each species female has a different note that means 'this male is my species'.
But the notes the males sing at depends on their temperature! The put heaters on the heads of grasshopper A and made them sing at the note for Grasshopper B species... And the females accepted the warmed up males. I don't remember if the offspring were viable though
(Also they found where the two grasshopper species overlap, there was a bigger difference between their songs. But further apart the songs actually sounded more similar, where the risk of cross breeding was smaller)
Species are weird, fluid, and artificial. And also what is 'natural conditions '? In the wild, the cichlids and grasshoppers would probably never cross breed unless a mutation broke down the barrier.
It makes you think what is a 'natural' environment for a human. We have interned with Neanderthals, so we cannot be a distinct species from them... Or did we put ourselves and them into artificial, unnatural conditions when we broke down language and cultural barriers? Yes there could have been force involved... But iirc no other species forces itself on other species (except perhaps dogs and amorous pet cats, which can be because of a lack of natural releases or abnormal breeding causing these issues)
It can become a controversial and even DANGEROUS thing especially when you apply such discussions to humans, who are ever the exception to the rule of nature.
horsetuna t1_j056tfd wrote
Reply to comment by liquid_at in why do we perceive certain smells as good or bad? by justanotherbabywitxh
Iirc salt cravings and finding salty foods tasty can actually be a sign of salt deficiency. So your body 'makes' you find it even more delicious until you are topped up. But other times the same salty chips may be revolting.
horsetuna t1_j05564m wrote
Reply to Did ancient life forms during periods of high atmospheric oxygen have larger individual cells? by eyaf20
The sauropod dinosaurs were able to grow to the largest land animals ever because they found a way to make their skeletons much lighter, using the same thing that birds do. Air sacs!
The air sacs have been shown to invade the bones, making them more lightweight. The aie circulatory system allowed them to shed heat more quickly which is a large problem for large animals. As well as take in more oxygen
(Disclaimer; since we don't have any lungs or actual air sacs from sauropods, we look at the shape of the bones to infer they were there by comparing them with modern reptile and bird bones for similar marks)
If I remember right, the giant ground sloths lived in an environment without too much more oxygen than we do today. Oxygen alone is not the only control factor for big size. The ground slots probably got big to help avoid predators, not unlike modern elephants.
horsetuna t1_j054qat wrote
Reply to Did ancient life forms during periods of high atmospheric oxygen have larger individual cells? by eyaf20
High oxygen content is not directly correlated to animal size, although it does seem to cause gigantism in certain kinds of insects.
A research paper exposed and grew various species of insects in oxygen levels comparable to the Carboniferous. Some of the species got larger, but some of them did not.
horsetuna t1_iz89aq4 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Do radio telescopes suffer from pollution in the same way conventional telescopes do? by mysoxrstinky
When Penzias and Wilson at bell Labs discovered the CMB (cosmic microwave background) they were actually working to rule out nearby microwave interference/pollution.
horsetuna t1_ivl7c0n wrote
Some antidotes are made from an immune response... Like an allergy you could say.
One method they used to use was to inject a small amount into a horse, and then take some blood, extract the serum and that's the antidote. I'm told some people can build up an immunity.
It doesn't work with all venoms though, and I believe these days many are synthetic.
horsetuna t1_j1rqmr9 wrote
Reply to comment by DickieGreenleaf84 in do you think that with media (booktok and booktube) we are losing critical thinking? by Organic_Rock_6974
Well I do like to review books anyways. And they would be honest reviews. But yeah you bring up good points
Just throwing out ideas I guess x.x