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There's a strange kind of irony going on when you read three screenfuls of snake oil denunciation, then get to a link that says "Incredible discovery places hum
by 13of40 9y ago
There's a strange kind of irony going on when you read three screenfuls of snake oil denunciation, then get to a link that says "Incredible discovery places humans in California 130,000 years ago!"... [1]
[1] https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/unknown-humans-were-in-california-130000-years-ago-say-scientists/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/unknown-humans-were-...
- everybodyknows 9y agoFurther irony: The article tells us "Detoxing is not a thing."
- jsmthrowaway 9y agoWhat point are you making? That article cites a paper in Nature, and there are a number of response papers calling for more study. I'm not following the irony.
- 13of40 9y agoTheir headline makes it sound like it's a done deal, but it's so absolutely unlikely to be true I'd sooner believe in the Baghdad Batteries or that the Olmecs were Africans.