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To give a more general take: I always found the concept of sociobiology fascinating, but similar to social sciences (as opposed to biological sciences) the ability to make testable predictions is fairly limited. The controversy and discussion around Wilson and others are less about the whole theoretical framework (I think) as it is well thought-out and in many cases quite a compelling narrative. Where I struggle is ultimately how and whether individual evidence actually fits the biology. It has been quite a while (in fact decades- I was reading most of it during my student days) but I recall vaguely that the argument for existence of sterile castes was fundamentally a kin-selection argument. I.e. that the sterile individuals help their genes survive by supporting relatives (and basically that was extended to the argument of altruistic behaviour- one of the topics I was really interested in). However, over time data showed that insects do show altruistic behaviour without being related (e.g. not all bees in a hive are necessarily related, I believe, memory is a bit fuzzy) and also other cases where high degrees of relationship were not predictive or associated with altruistic behaviour. I think eventually Wilson gave up on that idea (maybe around 2010ish?), which caused a bit of an uproar and I recommend seeking that paper out. The result was a much tighter, narrower framework that shed the inclusive fitness aspects and was closer in line to what we actually observe in social insects. I have not read his later books where he might have speculated about human societies, but it is again important to highlight that the data is almost entirely based on insect studies. As such, they remain extrapolations and speculations and it is not clear whether they have actual scientific value at this juncture.

I think far too many people compete while driving when they should cooperate. I think the folks who're always trying to get to the head of the pack are responsible for ALL the road rage, since they're usually angry at slower drivers plus they anger others with the stress they cause in traffic.

If you are going to tell us what cosmologists and astrophysicists say and think, it is important that you first KNOW what they say and think. Either provide citations for your far-fetched assertions, or ask for help in understanding what the prevailing theories really are.

Yeah that's always the problem. I've got an idea where we can build a starship that can move at 90% the speed of light to travel to other stars, the problem is I have not thought of a way to produce the energy and convert it to thrust...

! Moderator Note Not a whole lot of discussion of the OP, and multiple hits on what we consider arguing in bad faith. Closed, and don’t bring either the geology or the physics of this tangent up again. This is a science discussion site, not Rants-R-Us

! Moderator Note And once again we see zero support for an aether. No meaningful scientific discussion can happen about an idea without evidence in support. If "proving God" is now your goal, it's so far removed from your OP as to be a completely different topic (which you'll also need support for on this site). This thread is closed, please don't bring it up again.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-03-18/cows-fed-seaweed-methane-emissions-reduced-82-per-cent/13253102#:~:text=Feeding cattle a small amount,up to 86 per cent. Cows fed small amount of seaweed burp 86 per cent less methane in trial: Feeding cattle a small amount of a seaweed species found in Australia has been shown to reduce their methane emissions by up to 86 per cent. Supplementing either 0.25 per cent or 0.5 per cent of a cow's daily feed with Asparagopsis taxiformis — a red seaweed native to Australian coastal waters — resulted in an average drop in methane production of over 50 per cent and 74 per cent respectively over a 147-day period, according to a study published today in the journal PLOS. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that has a warming potential around 25 times that of CO2 over a 100-year period. Key points: Red seaweed contains a compound that can reduce the production of methane Proponents say it could be the equivalent of removing 100 million cars from the road if adopted by the agriculture industry Some scientists warn the side effects of eating red seaweed on a large scale could include the production of ozone-depleting gas. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/livestock/futurefeed Feeding livestock a seaweed supplement called FutureFeed could simultaneously help to secure global food security and fight climate change by reducing powerful greenhouse gas emissions. The challenge A hungry, warming world More than 800 million people are currently experiencing food insecurity, a number that will grow as further increases in the world's population put an even greater strain on the food chain. Furthermore, approximately 1.3 billion people rely on livestock such as cattle and sheep for their livelihoods. Consequently, there is a significant need for increasing productivity in livestock production to help lift people out of economic and food poverty. If livestock could be helped to grow larger faster, and at little expense, then a significant part of the problem could be alleviated. more at link..................... ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Is this the answer? Certainly not a complete answer, but could well see things heading in a more beneficial direction I suggest. Comments?

I can't see any relevence of your reply to my post whatsoever. This thread is about existence in general. Any sort of type of existence. Mostly something exists in one type of existence or another. However, as always, it is the grey areas that introduce the difficulties.

For some context, I regard myself as a Hindu of Chinese descent. I revere the Sanskrit language as one of the most purest forms of human communications throughout the history of the world. To claim that the Caucasoid had invented such a divinity is a paradox in itself. The inherently acidic and impure nature of the Caucasoid of Europe has a cause that is hard to pin down; whether it is due to the harsh, bitter climate from which they first started and have always stayed in, or their pride due to the fabricated history made by the white man, perpetually highlighting pretentious depictions in every form which portrays an image which is the exact opposite of what he really is. Little does the white man, so full of pride and ego, know that such an advancement could not come from a barbaric, inherently evil race; rather, it could only be a constituent of the great mongoloid advancements, a blessing in the form of language given first to God's Chosen People. I suggest that we read and spread the truth about true history, and read things like Alex Chomsky's answer on What race did Proto-Indo-Europeans belong to? - Quora. Regarding this, here is a simple question: what would you rather trust: the actual genetic evidence showing Aryans to be originally mongoloid in phenotype, or an outdated speculation made by a racist white scholar in the 17th century? I think it would be better to trust the former: the originator, the primordial. Also, if the domestication and riding of horses originated from North America, then spread to Asia, then Europe, would it not make sense that the mongoloids were the first to bring this horse-riding advancement? But no. Some people, despite the evidence, would still choose to believe that same old outdated speculation and call it history. This would imply that the genetic evidence showing Asians to be lower caste with Europeans to be higher caste, if real at all, would imply that the ancient so-called Aryans had forgotten their roots. One thing that should be considered is that the concept of the protection of the purity of one's own peoples as described in Vedic literature may at least partially refer to purity in a person's inherent nature, for example by advising against the consumption of meat. The Chinese and the Indians are the most pure in the sense of inherent, while the Caucasoid in Europe is the exact opposite of such a precious quality: full of heightened pride, ego, toxicity, the capacity for carnage, and almost no feelings of remorse to the harm inflicted upon others, though they will always feel inclined to manipulate both themselves and others by convincing their own egos that they are not, through external appearance, the mask under which hides dark spirits and asuras. Such ego tactics can be seen as the trend among the white woman. Far from pure and far from close is their way to self-realization, binded by material advantages and pleasures is their destiny, for they can hurt others but cannot escape the eyes of the all-encompassing omniscient God. Another noteworthy point is how the European languages are remarkably close to what one would call Mleccha. The 'Proto Indo-European language' is known to have formed Sanskrit by including certain linguistic patterns from the native/outside languages (e.g. Dravidian). Now looking at the next step, we learn in Wikipedia that " As such, some suggest that the Indo-Aryans used an onomatopoeic sound to imitate the harshness of alien tongue and to indicate incomprehension, thus coming up with "mleccha". Does this sound familiar? Many of the European languages such as German/Hebrew have this harsh sound which probably originated in the native language of the (acidic) natives. Digging deeper and further debunking the deep-rooted fabrications of the white man, I will now share a revelation which is the most important of this kind. When I first came to learn about the british colonial propoganda surrounding the supposed "Indo-European connection" and how the British claimed to be the same Aryans as those in India, there I was, yet again trying to understand another paradox. From the beginning. the divine intuition has told me that the British, though appearing to be somewhat similar to the Aryans of India, had no association with the real Aryans at all. What was the real motive behind such romantic claims? The result was the massive looting and destruction of an entire culture, and the turning of masses of people against themselves, traumatized with the mindset that everything British is good, and that everything about their native cultures (though, technically, the Vedic tradition was not originally theirs) is something to be embarrassed about. Such beliefs that were deeply ingrained to your cultures are the reason why India is now presently not a great nation. However, I hereby declare that not at all am I trying to shade all Caucasoid as being impure in their inherent nature. Though the populations of modern-day India are predominantly Caucasoid, that will form no barrier when one takes into consideration the important fact that not all Caucasoids have the abovementioned impurities. Some, not all, though some is taken to mean a very, very large number of people. The claims of the "Indo-European connection" and the distance they have from the East Asian cultures made by the ill-intentioned colonialists was but a hasty reaction of awe to a culture which they knew was more advanced and superior to their own. It was the product of a fear and insecurity in their hearts that one day, if China and India, the two great nations since time, were to unite, they would very soon see the trivialization and utter dwarfing of their own cultures in comparison. The oppressor had always known this to be true from the beginning, and this can be confirmed by the age-old connection between the two great civilizations, an ancient sacred bond. Therefore, free yourselves from the chains they have cast upon you, O fellow kinsmen, join arms with the true Aryans, and now call yourselves not by the name of India but by the mighty name of Bharat! The third most important point is how the fake Aryans always argue how the Aryans described themselves as having sharp noses, whiter skin and other 'typical Caucasian traits', and hence everyone has concluded themselves that the Aryans are the epitome of whites conquering the uncivilized Asian natives. Such could not be further from the truth, as I will now show in the following eye-opening revelation. The assumption that all mongoloids have flat noses, for example, is negated by looking at a whole group of mongoloids, the Native American Indians, who quite clearly have by far some of the largest and sharpest noses compared to other ethnic groups. Now let us look back at Alex Chomsky's presentation in the phylogenetic tree. The haplogroup Q is Native American. What a surprise! Q is right next to R which is Aryan, and they both descend from the same closest branch! This goes to show that, once we remove all the prejudice that has been programmed into our minds, and start to see the truth of our race, we start to see that it is not just one and the same colour, but a whole range of colours of different shades and customs. Do not fall for the lies the white man has cast upon you. It may well be that the Aryans were simply an East Asian race but with slightly different features to the East Asians you see today. Finally, this brings us to one of the most liberating points you will ever hear from hear on now, for I am simply being honest and stating nothing but fact. Just because the genetic studies show Asians to be more closely related to lower caste, it does not mean you are automatically shamed as a Hindu if you are Asian. The Chinas (Chinese), for example, where mentioned in the Vedas as being white and inherited from the Kshatriya class, which seems rather high in caste from what I hear. Perhaps the vedic Aryans were not already Caucasian themselves after a few admixture events, but were simply a branch of mongoloids in battle with another, just as the Han and the Xiongnu clashed for reasons related to culture? After all, Q was kicked out of China by the dominating forces, and so should R not be the same? It can be said that the Aryans were simply describing the Chinese as enemies only because of circumstantial events happening from the homeland. Therefore the invasion was not all about whites vs non whites, and not all Asians are lower in caste as you are blindly led to believe In contrast to the lies they tell you about Hinduism, the tradition is much older than you think, and from these revelations it is all starting to make sense. The ever dishonest white man, who professes himself to be an 'intellectual', ignorant of his ignorance yet wise in his own esteem, has always had the fear and insecurity that those whom he lied to would soon discover the true face of ugliness for what it is. The truth is that some, if not all, of their race is tainted by the cave-dwelling direct descendants of neanderthals from which many of them derive their features. The archetypical characteristic of such flawed beings is usually accompanied by the burning of their skin to a red tone whenever they step out into the sun, as well as many other unclean and impure characteristics written in their faces, appearing from subtle to the blatantly obvious forms. Yes, East Asians are said to have more neanderthal DNA than caucasians, but do we look and act like neanderthals? The most certain answer would be no. Rather, the exact opposite of that. One must put into account that entire race cannot handle one of nature's most divine gifts to planet Earth, the Sun. They go red after standing outside in a matter of seconds. If one thinks I am being too harsh on white people, just know that this is karma for claiming to be the 'most beautiful race in the world' and for falsely claiming themselves to be superior, stealing Aryan women and unjustifiably marginalizing the real man through manipulated and pretentious mass media depictions. Yes the Europoids have the circumstance of having 'diversity' in their traits which formed out of pure chance. However, the neanderthal who thinks of himself as physically superior to others in terms of appearance cannot deny one thing. The wisdom of the timeless Vedas (made by Chinese people) have always upheld the maintaining of a people to be pure, not necessarily in the abhorrence of interbreeding (if the vedic Aryans were so intelligent as to calculate the motion of the planets, they would surely know that admixture of races is not absurd to say the least), but rather the faculty of a culture to keep the behaviours, nature and appearance of its people to be pure. If white men are so attractive then why do their faces show the opposite of pure? Also, if the Indians of today claim to know Hinduism, then why is modern day India, once again, the exact opposite of pure? I see no proper preservation of the vedic tradition, but rather I see the stupidity and pathetically deficient IQs of people who are proud of a history that isn't theirs, and it is these exact people who rape, bathe in the dying Ganges river, and do all sorts of impure actions. The most obvious reason for such ineptitude in these modern people cannot be other than the fact that the Vedic tradition is the property of the Chinese, never of the oppressor in the first place. Know this to be the karma for the Caucasoid stealing our culture and oppressing us down to the lower ranks. In response to a certain people who question my allegiance to their civilizations, or should I say tribes, I am sorry to say the following. Hurtful, tragic words, but the truth it is. To think of the whites as below us is one thing, but it is another thing to lie about a race that is quite blatantly the most inferior of them all. Do I refer to another white race? No. Even worse! Black is uncivilized and inferior in every way. Black has no place in society,. Black has always been in a lower stage of evolution than the ones I have empowered, and hence they have always tried to disempower us with their 'powerful' words that mean nothing. One might say that they are only good for one thing. As a piece of advice to my fellow Aryans, I urge you to do your best to avoid associating with them. They will bring forth atrocious children and lower the IQs of your progeny, a detriment to society. As a matter of fact, I, being British-born Chinese, can admit from my own testimony that nearly all of the most toxic, bluntly racist people I have met were black people, and such is even more intriguing when you one gets to know that I was born in a predominantly white area. Though I do have some compassion that their monstrous ways are a product of their environment, not even by educating myself on their biology, but merely by looking into their eyes do I see their true nature: barbaric and uncivilized. My divine intuition has told me that their race, though once prosperous at one point in time, "blessed" as one might say, it was the same vengeance of God that befell their civilization, which will soon befall the whites. Why? A certain gut feeling of mine gives me the idea that it was the excessive pride and greed of their kings which brought forth their oppression into the lower ranks you see today. A lesson to be learnt by history, my fellow people, is to avoid falling into the trap of malice and pride. More importantly, do not be deluded by their false stories, for they are suffering from their own fault. For the self-hating Asian men with whom I sympathize greatly, who think neoteny is inferior, hear these last words for the true representation of the Aryan (East Asian) race: Aryan is divine. Aryan is superior. Aryan is pure. Aryan is the plan that should be followed. To our eyes we always knew that the toxic and impure were never Aryan from the beginning, nor could they come remotely close to being able to call themselves Aryan, a feeling in the intuition that comes alive when in the presence of such FAKE people. Little does the carnage-driven Mleccha, blinded by his undeserving privilege and ego, know that the truth shall soon come to all, and the vengeance of God shall befall them.