Also kind of interesting to know there is a quantifiable methodology for rating chewing capabilities, which could potentially be used in other studies.

Anyhow I suspect when we are old and don’t understand what is happening to our weakening bodies some of us may have a greater appreciation for this particular study.

Link to study in Nature being reported on:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07929-5

Misleading headline wording. Makes it seem one thing lead to the other, rather than reality being the other way around.

The annoying part of this for me is that Gates’ name needs to be dropped in, presumably to get attention. But so it goes.

It’s interesting to see that the concept of butter in the comments seems to be a significant trigger for a bunch of people (in the /c/science posting of this article). This is another level to the problem.

But the main problem which no one seems to have commented on (maybe because it is mentioned at the end of the article) is, like many animal product substitutes, production cost and scaling.

Animal products are so embedded and subsidised (and/or at least true externized costs ignored), and politically connected, potential eco-friendly alternatives like this have a really extra hard time getting off the ground even if I could one day be cheaper.

This may be a logical fallacy known as false equivalence, when one fact is stated or implied to be conflated with another not directly related fact.

International war criminal to come get pats on the back says unconditional supporter of domestic insurrectionist and life-long criminal.

The blueberries are ready when they taste good to you. Some people like them earlier for a more tart flavour.

And yet their makeup is impeccable. Article says “young people”, but curiously only cute women in the pictures.

“It looks cute, and yet, you don’t lose that feeling of sexiness.” Ah, the all important feeling of sexiness in the office that women strive for.

Sometimes a bandage helps to stop the bleeding.

Sometimes bandages are left on too long and wounds fester.

Bandages can be useful sometimes, but care must still be taken.

To me this perspective seems to reach the exact opposite conclusion than it should given its premises.

Crickets is a good alternative. Especially when sprinkled on avacado toast.

Seems like a tacit admission at very least that to anyone without access to these internal documents the accusation of genocide is reasonable. Interesting.

“In the non-violent condition, however, participants with higher scores in Machiavellianism had a higher increase in cortisol” - linked study

So people trying to be manipulative bastards in ‘nice’ games increase thier stress? Interesting.

Unfortunately the source study appears to be paywall and not yet on sci-hub, so don’t know what specific games they used. As to how they define Machiavellianism, I assume something toke this:

“In the field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism is a personality trait characterized by interpersonal manipulation, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a strategic focus on self-interest.” - Wikipedia

I don’t actually know anything. But casually to me it looked like a choice between 160% chance of it getting worse and a 300% chance of getting worse. And it’s not very surprising at all in these circumstances many go for the latter for all sorts of reasons (and delusions). But I don’t actually know anything.

That’s great that these MPs want to educate themselves. They could learn a lot. By “compel” I’m sure they mean something like “inspire” these people to come and share their experience and research with them in a respectful philosophical exchange. And by “defend” they are probably thinking of the clever Socratic traditions of inquiry.

Interesting perspective. Maybe you could find some good articles with more nuance to post?

What features are locked? I’ve only ever used the f-droid version, and haven’t noticed anything blocked. But I don’t use it much (unfortunately).

The title of this article is deplorably sensationalistic, but the article itself isn’t bad. I guess they couldn’t fit this into the title:

It requires a written application and assessments from two independent medical practitioners, including at least one specialized in their condition if the applicant is not near their natural death.

The article also notes:

Even after the change in the legislation [to allow non-foreseeable death applications], about 98% of the assisted deaths in 2021 were people deemed near their natural death, according to Health Canada data.

I just found it interesting how the Canadian founder of Farm Aid sees things differently than his American partners in regards to Covid-19 delta context.