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ShlomoS
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Comment #20736567
The sample size is adequate for the conclusions drawn from the results. The breeds and ages are representative of dogs used for this work. Nothing in your post supports the idea th…
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Comment #20677553
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Comment #20674247
That has nothing to do with chemicals and everything to do with machinery. Modern tractors and air drills can easily plant well over 1000 acres a day. A modern combine will harvest…
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Comment #20674182
>and also the fact that the majority of cash crop goes to feeding livestock. Only about 1/3rd of corn grown is fed to livestock. Even less than that for other cash crops.
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Comment #20628054
The problem is the summary says "In contrast, the effects of Roundup on soil fauna and functioning were minor" despite there being no way to come to that conclusion from the experi…
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Comment #20626657
>You don’t get to keep your wasteful jet-setting, SUV-driving, car-culture-oriented consumer lifestyle I don't have that lifestyle, but the people telling me the world is going to …
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Comment #20624671
>The world needs to be fed and needs to be fed properly We can already do that without GMO. >but damn is it a viable solution for vitamin deficiency and a way forward through chang…
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Comment #20624646
Why is it outrageous? He was limited to talking about his research in his official capacity, and he wanted to talk about a bunch of stuff completely outside of his research. Just b…
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Comment #20617975
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Comment #20583420
>Is PReP really effective enough to ensure that there are no survivors? No, the first bug chaser to successfully contract HIV while on it was quite proud of his achievement. Clearl…
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Comment #20582614
>So does that mean that at any given place, there won't be soil for deeper than the roots go? In general yes. The exception being where there were roots and someone recently killed…
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Comment #20576029
>whether it is better to let tree grows on a parcel, or cut grass regularly and let it compost, adding biomass to it. Of those two options, trees. Compost does not sequester carbon…
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Comment #20538606
This is literally Chinese government propaganda. People are paid to post nonsense like that. The "western media won't tell you this" start is a dead give away.
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Comment #20490767
>against Germany for starting it Where does this idea come from? With any conflict there's obviously two sides to the "who started it?" question, but with WW1 those two sides are S…
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Comment #20319806
It isn't an assumption, it is what she clearly stated: "because I knew that the other side wasn’t ready".
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Comment #20232103
Ever more technology may not actually be the solution to the problems created by technology. We could already produce all our food just fine without pesticides. We don't need more …
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Comment #20232083
1. Yet the industry still refuses to stop forcing honeybees to have abnormally long and large growth, which is the main factor in death by varroa. 2. Not really. None of the temper…
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Comment #20201446
Explain what? Why do you think Dresden was the first time we bombed German civilians? The terror bombing against civilians began immediately after Churchill took power, in May of 1…
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Comment #20195469
>I'm willing to read a good citation here if you have one, but the "overwhelming evidence" lies on the other side where docile and submissive specimens of fighting breeds Who evisc…
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Comment #20195126
>Behavioural traits (with very few exceptions) vary more widely in between individuals within a breed than from breed to breed. No they absolutely do not. There is nothing to sugge…
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Comment #20195116
>Shelters are full of dogs that breeders surrender Where? The shelter dog problem is highly regional, almost entirely in the Southern US, and does not involve breeder surrender. It…
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Comment #20195052
>you have a guarantee that your dog will have a happy life free from pain and suffering. What? There is absolutely no such guarantee involved. Registered pedigree dogs frequently h…
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Comment #20192942
>it is simply factual incorrect to claim that Dresden was done before any bombings on allied cities. The Blitz happened in 1940. I did not claim that. I stated the objective and in…
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Comment #20192914
>It's factually incorrect: a LOT of bombs were dropped on the UK Yes. After we started firebombing German civilians. I didn't say Germany did not bomb civilians, I said England (th…
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Comment #20186152
>This implies that some trusted expert at this trusted institution authored, reviewed, and published this content. No it does not. It is a blog post. Tons of people have blogs on t…