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  • It’s impossible to trust any sources these days because there are hidden agendas. […] No amount of “scientific literature” can contradict actual, basic, fundamental science about who we are and what we are supposed to eat. Anyone who does has an agenda.

    Sounds more like, “I don’t like it, so it must be an agenda”.

    If you have issues trusting science we won’t come to an agreement here. Having a biased view and choosing what you want to believe, despite contradicting evidence, is building an illusion and not having an accurate picture of reality.

    Note that research on that topic has not just popped up in the last couple of years. Also you may take a look at other cultures for hands-on counterexamples, e.g. some monks who live and have lived their whole lifes without consuming animal products.

    The fact remains: we are omnivores

    I wonder how you decide what a “fact” is, since you have issues trusting the work of scientists.
    Anyway:
    The fact also remains that digestion capabilites, i.e. being able to eat both plant and animal matter, don’t necessarily impose dietary recommendations.

    What you need to survive is a set of nutrients your body can digest. In which form they come, is less important.


  • Humans need at least some meat to survive. […] It causes long-term, serious harm to people who do not supplement their diet with at least some meat. […] completely cutting out meat is bad for you.

    That is not correct.

    Advocating a vegan (or even vegetarian) diet is ignoring science and how our bodies function. […] Pure veganism is a cult that ignores science, diet, and common sense.

    To the contrary. It is very much supported by science. Are you interested in the scientific literature? I’ll happily share.




  • Zacryon@lemmy.wtftoScience Memes@mander.xyzNever Forget
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    2 months ago

    According to a quick read on Wikipedia, you are right. He was charged, But not sentenced.

    On January 6, 2011, Swartz was arrested by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police on state breaking-and-entering charges, after connecting a computer to the MIT network in an unmarked and unlocked closet and setting it to download academic journal articles systematically from JSTOR using a guest user account issued to him by MIT.[15][16] Federal prosecutors, led by Carmen Ortiz, later charged him with two counts of wire fraud and eleven violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,[17] carrying a cumulative maximum penalty of $1 million in fines, 35 years in prison, asset forfeiture, restitution, and supervised release.[18] Swartz declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison.[19] Two days after the prosecution rejected a counter-offer by Swartz, he was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment.[20][21]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz




  • Thank you, kind geology enthusiast.

    Really barely comprehensible how immense those volcanic activities are.

    On a side note, you’ve listed insane unit after insane unit of death and destruction. And then there is this sentence:

    There is evidence that it occurred on an autumn afternoon

    That was a cute turn and I laughed. :D