Good catch!

Try the Archive link

I find it kinda weird that the founder and editor of this magazine, repeatedly, uploads articles that are 100% AI generated, without disclosing it. At least this is what I get from https://gptzero.me/

Apart from that the other authors seem to be writing their own stuff.

This David Goggin dude sounds like a cult leader from the manosphere

It looks like the receptor of pheromones is present, but doesn’t work. From [wiki]:

Among studies that use microanatomical methods, there is no reported evidence that human beings have active sensory neurons like those in working vomeronasal systems of other animals. Furthermore, there is no evidence to date that suggests there are nerve and axon connections between any existing sensory receptor cells that may be in the adult human VNO and the brain. Likewise, there is no evidence for any accessory olfactory bulb in adult human beings, and the key genes involved in VNO function in other mammals have pseudogenized in human beings.

Very interesting article. Unfortunately, I have noticed that when posting the suggested title can be different from the actual one from the article. Not too sure why, probably to be more catchy for social media or smth? Anyways, all that to say that I think the original title is more descriptive of the content

Cage-free eggs are likely worse for the climate. The answer isn’t to switch back to caged ones.

You forgot to include the last segment of this paragraph!

Still, Binello calls the survival rate of trepanations in Peru “astonishing.” “It’s a credit to what these ancient cultures were doing,” she says.

These are disasterous facts for Ghana. Chinese mining, both legal and illigal has had devastating consequences in West Africa.

On top of that, Ghana specifically, has also suffered from legal mining due to western colonialism. Here is a relevant link:

Colonialism, Neocolonialism and Gold Mining in Ghana: A Social Justice and Common Good Perspective

Ghana, from colonial times to the present, has become the stomping ground of the colonial and neocolonial forces that seek the domination of the country through mining. From the north of the country to the south, foreign mining companies, usually of American, Chinese, British, South African and Australian ownership, with support from their home governments or finance from international financial institutions, seem to have taken over lands and river systems to mine. (…)

For me, they are related to your response in our discussion on mining. No?

Thank you very much for taking the time and writing all this. I think I understand better your point of view on this.

I see things differently about westerners mining because I am more than familiar of the atrocities that Canadian companies are doing, in contrast to what their are claiming. So I do not trust westerners neither. I only trust them in greenwashing their exploitation.

Since you provided a link about Australian mining companies’ ethics, allow me add some relevant ones that highlight where I’m coming from:

• Landmark report uncovers human rights abuses at Rio Tinto gold mine in Bougainville, 35 years after closure | ABC

• Data and Field Work Combine to Reveal Australian Mining’s Impact in Africa | International Consotrium of Investigative Journalists

• Mining as Ecocide: The Case of Adani and the Carmichael Mine in Australia | from Research Gate

• Australian companies involved in Myanmar mining amid junta atrocities | Union Aid Abroad

• Colonialism’s new Gold Rush: how 80 per cent of Australia’s critical mineral mines exploit Aboriginal land without true consent | Overland

I acknowledge all the harm that this specific chinese mining project has had, as well as all other chinese mining projects.

Now, could you please provide some links in relation to your beliefs?

Canada, Australia and most (all?) other countries have much better environmental and social protection laws than China, so the activity of mining alone doesn’t say much about the ecological and societal impact.

You misunderstood me, and just to be clear, I don’t support China, and never have. I believe since this article is about mining, we should focus on this aspect. In that light allow me to ask you again:

• Do you think it would be better for the locals or life on this planet if it was a mining company from Australia, the Canada or the US? If so, please provide some relevant links to support this claim.

I just did a search worst mining companies for violating international law

The results I get on the first page are 99% about Canada.

OP, I am not sure I understand why you added to the title that this project is backed by China. Do you think it would be better for the locals or the planet if it was from Australia, the Canada or the US?

To my knowlwdge anglosaxons colonialists are not more thoughtfull in their mining exploitations. That said, if you know something I don’t please share the relevant links.

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switching from fossil fuels to nuclear

Microreactors are designed for another reason, they are not connected to the grid. On the contrary, they are meant to provide energy to remote or isolated locations. So the army may profit, the public will only pay for this.

Archived link of the article

This sounds great, but only in combination with other stuff, like slow fashion, ethically sourced fibers, fair labor practices etc.

Let’s also keep in mind that denim are supposed to be so durable that one would only need a few pairs per lifetime, not per year

Archived link of the article

Of course you can choose to believe what you want.

The point I was trying to make is that there is no scientific consensus on the topic about how global the decline was, when it began and why it happened - as well as if it is related to the formation of complex societies, farming, language, dietary changes, temperature, or body size.

Yes, DeSilva published the 2021 paper you linked. In 2022 he got criticism from Villmoare and Grabowski (see: Did the transition to complex societies in the Holocene drive a reduction in brain size? A reassessment of the DeSilva et al. (2021) hypothesis). Then in 2023 DeSilva revised his argument in (link above, in the description), extending the date back, still not giving anwers about the shrinkage observed since 100.000 years ago.

It’s coincidental with the human adoption of farming.

So far it looks like no hypothesis holds water. For example this one about farming is talking about a timeframe of 10.000 years. The shrinkage started 100.000. So there is a 90.000 years gap, that is left unexplained