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Their model animal is a fly (Drosophila). I can imagine that impacting the claims significantly. Insects and mammals differ quite a lot. I wouldn’t expect the

• rc_mob 7y ago
  Still, you are only making an assumption. Not very scientific if you.
• close04 7y ago
  Given the amount of blue (and every other visible wavelength) light the Sun puts out it seems like evolution should have handled this by now.
  • philpem 7y ago
    It more or less has in mammals... though it's kind of swung the other way. Sunlight is required to produce Vitamin D, which it turns out is pretty darn important. The catch is that most people don't get enough sunlight exposure to produce enough vitamin D.
    • k__ 7y ago
      I read somewhere that getting vitamin D is easier through sunlight than people think.
      • idnefju 7y ago
        Of course it also depends on your pigmentation and where you live.
        • learc83 7y ago
          And time of year.
• heyoni 7y ago
  Sure, except that drosophila are animals and we have a lot more in common with them than you think, especially when looking at more primal systems. Our intrinsic immune system was discovered in fruit flies, look up the Toll pathway.
• Razengan 7y ago
  > Insects and mammals differ quite a lot. They can still be merged in teleportation accidents.
  • ironic_ali 7y ago
    Found Jeff Goldblum's account.