propter_hog

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[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Based and wholesome

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Watching Star Trek as a child and learning what a light year is and how big just our galaxy is, not to mention the rest of the universe, this is what did it for me. Nine years old and realizing the earth couldn't be 6000 years old and so the Bible was a lie.

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

God damnit, I was hoping this was a bit.

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

I always just assumed she was a mail order bride

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

but that's an analysis a human scientist is making. not the quokka

This is an important distinction to make in general regarding science communication about evolution. Far too often, the evolutionary process is anthropomorphized, adding confusion to the scientifically illiterate. I watched a documentary once where some biologists were in the Amazon, noticed a brightly colored fish, and opined to the camera "why would evolution do this?" That is a terrible way to communicate a scientific curiosity.

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Probably a lot of repeated data, though. Not very efficient.

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

Yo, I agree, but the meme cited them as a way of showing the two-faced character of CIA propaganda.

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

I have to add "Wikipedia" or "stack overflow" or "reddit" to most searches

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you run it like in the meme, it likely will. The company that makes the fan I bought gives a 100 year warranty.

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Sexy time with inner self ensues

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