• littleblue✨
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    1 year ago

    They’d lose their little minds at the countless species that shift gender when necessitated by circumstance, not to mention the ones that generally propagate their line by mating with themselves. Don’t even get me started about the evolutionary origins of “labyrinthine vaginas” or the necro proclivities of sea otters. 🤦🏼‍♂️

    Simply put: a healthy reading habit is a great inoculation against idiocy. Critical thinking is invaluable.

    edit: I’m not drawing a line between any of that, except to point out that a lack of knowledge is no foundation for loud opinions.

    • @dustyData
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      71 year ago

      They are fine with parthenogenesis though, apparently.

      • littleblue✨
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        21 year ago

        For real, though. I hope I’m alive to see the archaeological science tech improve to the point we can finally uncover the story about that mystery baby-daddy: was he a local, and that’s why they left town? Maybe he was a traveling sandal salesman (there’s a lot of foot washing in that book, just sayin’), and Joseph got wind he was spotted in Bethlehem? Somebody’s got that ancient tea, and I wanna sip!

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      The problem is that these people are stupid by design. Republicans have been cutting funding for schools all over the country for a lot of years now. They need people to be dumb or they’d never vote for them.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      a lack of knowledge is no foundation for loud opinions

      In my experience a lack of knowledge is the main foundation for loud opinions. Those who have more knowledge tend to be quieter, and more willing to rethink their opinions when presented with an opposing argument

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Your statement falls into at least one of the many logical fallacies. Many species do many things that humans don’t. Humans do many things that other species don’t. It’s a dishonest comparison. I don’t necessarily disagree with your reasoning behind it, but there are better arguments to be made.