>If you could farm without buying chemicals or reducing yields, you should go out and do it, you would put everyone else out of business and make a killing. You can farm without buying chemicals or reducing yields,…
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 300+ acres a day. In 1870 it took a…
>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.
>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 end because of CO2 so I am evil for…
>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 changing environments. Considering the areas…
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 because you do research on the effects…
>Several of these extremist sites even forbid and censor attempts at calm, level-headed rebuttals to such hatred Can you provide an example of one of these sites? They seem very open to free discussion. 8chan is full of…
>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. Clearly the virus can survive.
>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 all the plants, it takes a while for…
>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 in and of itself. That's a wishful…
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.
>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 Serbia and Austria-Hungary, Germany…
It isn't an assumption, it is what she clearly stated: "because I knew that the other side wasn’t ready".
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 technology, we need people to recognize…
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 temperatures we're recording anywhere around…
>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 suggest this, and overwhelming evidence to…
>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 is mainly un-fixed roaming dogs…
>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 have horrifying genetic problems in…
>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 indisputable fact that England began…
>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 (the supposed "good guys") did it first.
>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 that domain. There is absolutely no…
>What historians try to do that? Most of them. >Are they respected in their field? Yes. >Are they trying to minimize casualties Yes. The reality is, people don't want nuance. They don't want grey. They don't want to…
>You'd think that the meat industry would pay for debunking vegan nonsense papers They mainly seem interested in making emotional appeals, although they are probably right in that it is a better return on investment for…
Blog posts and HN posts have an equal lack of authority. Authority does not matter though, facts do. You can look up the levels of oxalates, phytates, PUFAs, etc from whatever source you like and confirm reality. You…
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/nutritionfacts-org/ >And btw you linked an article with the following conclusion Yes. The point is that even plenty of vegans, who agree with his premise, know he openly lies to promote…
>If you could farm without buying chemicals or reducing yields, you should go out and do it, you would put everyone else out of business and make a killing. You can farm without buying chemicals or reducing yields,…
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 300+ acres a day. In 1870 it took a…
>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.
>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 end because of CO2 so I am evil for…
>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 changing environments. Considering the areas…
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 because you do research on the effects…
>Several of these extremist sites even forbid and censor attempts at calm, level-headed rebuttals to such hatred Can you provide an example of one of these sites? They seem very open to free discussion. 8chan is full of…
>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. Clearly the virus can survive.
>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 all the plants, it takes a while for…
>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 in and of itself. That's a wishful…
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.
>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 Serbia and Austria-Hungary, Germany…
It isn't an assumption, it is what she clearly stated: "because I knew that the other side wasn’t ready".
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 technology, we need people to recognize…
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 temperatures we're recording anywhere around…
>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 suggest this, and overwhelming evidence to…
>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 is mainly un-fixed roaming dogs…
>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 have horrifying genetic problems in…
>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 indisputable fact that England began…
>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 (the supposed "good guys") did it first.
>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 that domain. There is absolutely no…
>What historians try to do that? Most of them. >Are they respected in their field? Yes. >Are they trying to minimize casualties Yes. The reality is, people don't want nuance. They don't want grey. They don't want to…
>You'd think that the meat industry would pay for debunking vegan nonsense papers They mainly seem interested in making emotional appeals, although they are probably right in that it is a better return on investment for…
Blog posts and HN posts have an equal lack of authority. Authority does not matter though, facts do. You can look up the levels of oxalates, phytates, PUFAs, etc from whatever source you like and confirm reality. You…
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/nutritionfacts-org/ >And btw you linked an article with the following conclusion Yes. The point is that even plenty of vegans, who agree with his premise, know he openly lies to promote…