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I was theorizing this and here is a paper substantiating the theory that selection pressure leads to new but fragile traits. The new function's benefit outweighs the originally high cancer risk. Once selection pressure on function lessens, selection slowly weeds out the cancer-susceptibility.
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A much better explanation is the following. Since large size is a recent development in most large animals, size and recent are correlated.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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I suppose you may be calling Islamists fascists and there is some fascism in all organized religion, especially the more centralized and hierarchical religions. However common usage does not lump Islamists and fascists together. Maybe it should, but it doesn't.
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Good point about ideas not deserving rights or necessarily respect, but the origin of the term was not with fascists. It is used by well-meaning liberals and by pro-Islamic advocates. Fascists and conservatives hate the term.
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Congrats!
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Also related: A brief history of humanist environmentalism
heritage.humanists.uk/article/a-br...
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This is a great counterpoint in needlepoint.
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According to federal and state law Trump should be in prison for life.
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Just a cover story. People often use religious excuses because religion offers to many outrageous or just zany excuses to choose from.
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She is now controversial among liberals due to false claims that she was opposed to abortion. But she was a freethinker and progressive activist to the core.
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In the end, less than a quarter of an inch today.
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Bruno was a theorist. He had scant evidence for any of his theories including that stars are other suns and have planets. His place as a pioneer and a martyr for science is a stroke of luck.
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Bruno was a theorist. He had scant evidence for any of his theories including that stars are other suns and have planets. His place as a pioneer and a martyr for science is a stroke of luck.
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Giordano Bruno's main cosmological point was that there are other planets with life and sentient beings in the Universe. This is what the Church objected to. We are still debating and searching to determine if Bruno was correct or not.
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Vouchers are disproportionately used by upper-middle class parents who would pay for private school otherwise. Thus vouchers are a gift to relatively rich families that want to secede from public education and the tolerance an exposure to diversity that it fosters.
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Its power is based on its speed. Just as a bullet from a gun is far more powerful than the same bullet thrown by hand.
Particles as they approach the speed of light get more powerful at an alarmingly steep rate. It takes something very cataclysmic to propel a particle that fast.
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This morning the forecast was down to 5 inches of snow and has drifted further down to under 3 inches as of 8pm.
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Here is a direct link to the sponsor of the event:
www.fiftyfifty.one
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As of 9 pm Saturday, the forecast calls for 19" of snow in Red Bank which is the highest amount in the area.
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Ah! Claiming only what you have evidence for. That is what Humanists should do, after all. Hopefully, those other countries are following the same trend.