Recent comments in /f/science

QuietGanache t1_jc2duto wrote

>Humans will look back on animal agriculture with the same disgust that we look back on the slave trade.

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I hope not, because I believe it will represent a loss of understanding of the horrors of slavery. I'm reminded of the ADL reaction to PETA trying to compare the consumption of meat to the Holocaust:

>Rather than deepen our revulsion against what the Nazis did to the Jews, the project will undermine the struggle to understand the Holocaust and to find ways to make sure such catastrophes never happen again.
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>Abusive treatment of animals should be opposed, but cannot and must not be compared to the Holocaust. The uniqueness of human life is the moral underpinning for those who resisted the hatred of Nazis and others ready to commit genocide even today.

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smurficus103 t1_jc2dlz2 wrote

What makes us human? Bipedal? Thumbs? Brains? I'd argue it's our ability to make funny sounds, create symbolic speech and teach eachother (fire, farming, and how a clit works)

The internet, then, has made us super-human.

I do not wish to lose our superpowers.

Take it easy.

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IssueTricky6922 t1_jc28viz wrote

Scientists out here making insane breakthroughs and 48% percent of people will still say science doesn’t work haha

My deepest appreciation to all those ignoring the noise and advancing the world

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Salt_Cantaloupe_1766 t1_jc25t11 wrote

Not enough people know this! Dunk whatever body part you just accidentally touched in milk for a few minutes, you'll be fine

Also, drinking it works the same; so does eating sugar (although IME milk works better)

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Perfect_Opposite2113 t1_jc24h1i wrote

Here’s my weird sci fi conspiracy theory that is probably 100% scientificly incorrect. What if the space junk created an amplification of sorts of solar flares causing a mass EMP type event? Time to start up my faraday cage business.

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FranksRedWorkAccount t1_jc21ncg wrote

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arcosapphire t1_jc21152 wrote

I was wondering about that weird phrasing too, but it makes more sense in context:

> particularly in chemistry and biology where it can be used to understand the structure and purpose of materials, allowing us to design better chemicals, drugs and so on.

Although of course there is still no fundamental purpose, it's a good shorthand especially in biology for "the role this plays in a complex system".

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DriftingMemes t1_jc20bhb wrote

The neuropathy in my feet is so bad, of I didn't have my pregabalin, I'd have to end my life. It's just not livable. I keep hoping that there will be some breakthrough to fix the problem, rather than just treating a small part of the symptoms. Even with the highest dose of Pregabalin I can take, my feet feeling like they are being burned with a lighter 24/7.

Would it be worth my time to try over the counter capsaicin creams? Or does this need something far stronger to be of any help?

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