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by verisimi 3y ago
This is new to me. What bit of the science do DNA profiling outfits get wrong? How can one tell who is following protocols for well conducted science? What should one do in order to get good DNA results? How do I know that historians are no
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by verisimi 3y ago
Its not unheard of for intelligence agencies to create and exploit weaknesses.
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by verisimi 3y ago
> Where's Homeland Security on this? Who knows who's behind it?
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by verisimi 3y ago
Maybe he doesn't know about that .. someone ought to drop him an email.
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by verisimi 3y ago
I've heard it called 'ai' before.... But I do not see this at all. Do you think there's any comparison? Maybe it's a terms thing... Is an image ai? Is a piece of factory equipment?
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by verisimi 3y ago
Also re, DNA. You have to wonder how valuable DNA is. There are many examples of it failing - here's a good one with twin sisters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isa5c1p6aC0 So no, given we don't have any living
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by verisimi 3y ago
I'm saying all sorts of people say all sorts of things for all sorts of reasons. What they say might, or might not, relate to what happened. We should be aware however that it's just people saying stuff, and take care not to treat
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by verisimi 3y ago
You have to wonder what value the evidence is, when you can also read this sort of thing: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/feb/19/science.scie... "He had simply made things up", for 30
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by verisimi 3y ago
Yes, but maybe there was only ever one species, and the idea of other species is itself a misunderstanding. One can find a bit of bone and claim it is 'Neanderthal' but how can you or I really know this? We cannot. Can one reall
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by verisimi 3y ago
In answer to the question of: > What's behind the evolution of Neanderthal portraits the answer is: > Science braided with sociopolitics. But I would say the answer is only a little to do with science... It's really just ac
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by verisimi 3y ago
I totally agree. For this person, it's surely obvious. They probably didn't expect this to become a popular read on HN. Do you remember when ai used to stand for 'artificial insemination'? Lol.
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by verisimi 3y ago
I know - I'm not in that area and got quite a way through before realising I had to look it up!
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by verisimi 3y ago
PWA - progressive web app, delivered via the web, html, CSS, JavaScript, etc.
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by verisimi 3y ago
I want to finally live this life. should read as: I live this life. IMO. All the best.
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by verisimi 3y ago
Of course institutions preserve the problem - that is the reason for their existence - so they are in a fight for survival to keep a systemic problem going. It is even better for them if the institution has managed to enshrine its position
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by verisimi 3y ago
No need to distance yourself from historical revisionism. History has always been a tool of the present powers to control the future direction. It is just licensed interpretation. No one has the truth, neither the historical revisionists
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by verisimi 3y ago
Kuk = Cock, surely
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by verisimi 3y ago
Why? These organisations only purport to be acting for 'the people' whilst actually working for the pharmaceutical organisations. They are there to provide the illusion of safeguards.
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by verisimi 3y ago
And yet, it is also claimed that: > Astronomers using the Webb telescope discovered complex organic molecules in a galaxy located over 12 billion light-years away. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/06/world&#
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by verisimi 3y ago
You are describing anarchy. No leader, or force required. People just acting according to their consciences.
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by verisimi 3y ago
> I don't know if there is a term for it, or if a philosopher/etc. has written about this phenomenon, but: a noticeable trend to me is what I'll call "the replacement of ethical expectations with specific, written dow
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by verisimi 3y ago
"Snap out of it!" lol Sorry. I actually relate to this!
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by verisimi 3y ago
yes - it was easier to create themes in impressionable folk (mods, rockers, punks, hippies, etc) - artificial creations that somewhat assuaged a feeling and sell a lot of product.
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by verisimi 3y ago
Would they be able to resist a secret court order?
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by verisimi 3y ago
Oh sorry!
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by verisimi 3y ago
> News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality has been met with dismay by scientists and conservationists. They argue such intelligent "sentient" creatures - considered able to feel pa
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by verisimi 3y ago
Someone recently applied paint AND it was thought the fossil was 280m years old. It does rather carry a pall over the idea we can accurately date anything, doesn't it?
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by verisimi 3y ago
> If you can never have a "moral basis" for compelling payment, than I'm curious how you think any contract law can work to secure payments? If 2 parties voluntarily agree to do something, and voluntarily agree to go into
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by verisimi 3y ago
> They are less likely to float in the ocean looking like the jellyfish that turtles and other animals eat. Everyone knows turtles eat straws. Through the nose.
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by verisimi 3y ago
Is tax optional? What basis is there to force another to pay tax? Can there be a moral basis for taking another person's income, or is it bound to be immoral, as I think.

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