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[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

Chimps are not frozen in evolutionary time, stuck at a checkpoint on the way to being human. Modern chimps have been evolving for the exact same 6–8 million years since our lineages split from a shared common ancestor. They are not some sort of “old” humans or “failed humans”. They are modern chimpanzees and specialists in their own ecological niche and with their own evolutionary pressures. Humans didn’t “progress”, we diverged.

The apes and chimps do well where they are and with the faculties they have. But the rational faculties of humans enabled humans to move beyond that same ecological niche and to move beyond those same evolutionary pressures.

Humans have traveled and lived not just in the veldts, jungles, and deserts of Africa, but at least temporarily in the highest peaks of the Himalayas, the lowest elevation of the Dead Sea, the coldest points of the North Pole and Anarctica, the lowest depths of the Ocean off the coast of Japan, and in the vacuum of the infinite depths of space.

Moreover, humans have brought other species along for the ride and helped them live in those same circumstances. I would call that progress by any measure.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 6 days ago by  TheEncogitationer. Reason: I said "jungles" twice by accident

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

We did not “progress” relative to other apes. When we diverged we “went our separate paths”. But yes, we made progress in the sense that we evolved to live in all of the Earth’s extremes.

[Simon PayntonParticipant]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

But yes, we made progress in the sense that we evolved to live in all of the Earth’s extremes.

Yes, and we’ve wrecked every single one.  We can’t compare one species with another to say one is better than the other.  Like you say, each is optimised for their environment.

We’ve made progress – but in what kinds of dreadful directions?

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Simon,

Yes, and we’ve wrecked every single one. We can’t compare one species with another to say one is better than the other. Like you say, each is optimised for their environment.

We’ve made progress – but in what kinds of dreadful directions?

By “progress,” I meant in terms of adaptability, the crucial trait for evolution. Of course, every species including ours has an impact on the environment and on other species, not all of which is beneficial to the other species or even our own.

Another great distinction of humans is at least some of our members understand this and try to correct for it.

[PopeBeanieModerator]

Here are a few things to watch out for in the next few months, with risks seasonally increasing at social gatherings. Be cautious during gatherings, and increase your awareness in the following weeks and months of news about any spread of RSV, more than one type of avian flu, possibly Covid, and possibly (but less likely) measles. The CDC has been devolving in competence with regard to recommending vaccines, making sure they’re available, and monitoring for outbreaks.

Remember, a lot of people have serious avoidance issues to vaccines, and face masks! Much less well-sealed face masks, which I have to say drastically cut down the number respiratory infections I used to get a couple or so times per year… bad enough a couple of times to keep me in bed for a week. (Thanks to Covid for motivating me to take well-sealed masks more seriously.)

Here’s a link to a new video, only 2-1/2 minutes long, produced by a virologist guy I’ve been following for years, and who produces several podcasts and videos a week:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8NJH-OnHaBw?feature=share

I hope to find enough time to put together a list of links to reliable sources of information and up to date news, like what some universities and governments are stepping up to provide. (Another good heads-up source is wastewater treatment plants that detect and report genetic remnants of pathogens in sewage by local area.)

[jakelafortParticipant]

Zionist scientist continue to lie to us. Apartheid medicine. Genocide science. The devil forms its alliance. Resist to the last the zionist entity. Unlike its myriad Islamic neighbors who are bastions of freedom and devoid of zionism it produces nothing. It must justify itself otherwise the project to annihilate world Jewry will be futile and for naught.

https://www.jpost.com/science/article-874557

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

@jakelafort – There is just no stopping this onslaught of bespoke medical advances. Look at just some of the horrors they have instigated in the last 2 years alone.

Teams from Tel Aviv University, Weizmann Institute of Science and others have identified a micro-RNA molecule that in animal and cell models halts nerve-cell degeneration and even promotes regeneration which is raising real hope for an ALS therapy that tackles underlying causes rather than just symptoms. More.

Researchers (again at Tel Aviv Uni) developed biodegradable polymer nanoparticles that can deliver pairs of drugs directly to tumor sites (e.g. skin, breast cancer, metastases). By ensuring both drugs reach the tumor together, this approach amplifies efficacy and reduces toxicity to healthy tissue. More.

At Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a “Tumor-on-a-Chip” platform is being developed: 3-D biochips that simulate real solid tumors allowing researchers (or eventually clinicians) to test which treatments and dosage work best, in days rather than subjecting patients to months of trial-and-error chemotherapy. Tools like Tumor-on-a-Chip and targeted drug-delivery via nanoparticles speak to a future where treatments are tailored to individual patients instead of “one-size-fits-all” chemo or broad-spectrum drugs. More.

Israeli medical centers (e.g. Rambam Health Care Campus) are among the first outside the U.S. to use recently approved drugs (e.g. Lecanemab) which aim to slow Alzheimer’s progression. Crucially, diagnosis is shifting from purely clinical/cognitive criteria to biological markers — which means earlier detection and possibly much earlier intervention. More.

At the moment it seems that their scientific prowess is unstoppable. We need to be on our guard before they unleash such advanced medical tech on the world. I don’t even know what a nano-particle looks like, never mind one dressed in polymer!

[jakelafortParticipant]

Reg,

Somehow that word bespoke escaped my attention until a few weeks ago. The application to medicine is a lot cooler than vain sartorial bs. I read the first two articles already but not the last few.

Can you imagine being the one with ALS or a loved one and discovering there is hope? Just incredible. Hopefully DMD and the other neurodegenerative diseases will fall in line. It sure feels like the beginning of a medical revolution.

I read an article recently about possible breakthrough for neuropathy in which nanotechnology is used to deliver CBD but not to those cannabinoid receptors, instead to idk some nerve cells or something and same thing with the blood brain barrier being breached with the nanotechnology. If you are gonna develop some fucking horiffic disease do it in a decade or greater! With all of the disgusting human ideology proliferating there is this domain in which progress means progress and not progressive as in resistance as it is used in progressivism.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake and Reg,

If only the FDA would automatically approve every such innovation from Israeli scientists.

And if only State medical authorities would approve more openings in medical schools so there could be more professionals to perform these wonders.

And if only States would abolish “Certificates Of Need” so that construction of more hospitals and facilities could provide these wonders.

Bespoke beats Woke for ending deteriorating, slow-killing diseases like Alzheimers and cancer.

[jakelafortParticipant]

How is this for a depraved and bankrupt culture? Circumvent the native impulses! Reputation as a good Muslim is more valuable than my worthless whore of a daughter. Be a Muslim! Fucking bitch was asking for it!

The lefty’s doing their utmost to preserve that disgusting culture will call you out if you expose the institution and ideas that produce the beliefs, norms and culture. You are a bigot/racist. Cultural relativism excuses every human rights violation if the right parties are involved. How many times have i read/heard Muslim women asking for help and they don’t get it because of the lefty ethos. We can’t call it wrong or help those victims! Unless it is Jews/Israel and then it is hypercritical lying propagandizing and racist. Turn the universities away from anything resembling academic endeavors and more like places to accomplish indoctrination. And you can’t get to the kids too early. It is in the high schools too.

If you stand with universal human rights you must stand against Islam.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-876585

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake,

Look in the comments of the article. Some sicko going by the name “Heaven” actually found a way to blame the “honor killing” on Israel and the United States.

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