• Michel Odent 2021

    From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 4 03:50:31 2022
    WHO CAN ANSWER THIS DOZEN QUESTIONS?

    Here are some examples of questions raised in
    “Planet Ocean: our mysterious connections to water”
    Michel Odent, Clairview 2021.

    -Why do human mammals need to learn techniques to be able to swim?

    -Why do seals go to dry land to give birth, while a significant number of women use birthing pools?

    -Why are our enzymes ineffective at making the synthesis of a molecule that is essential to feed the brain?

    -Why don’t fossil-hunters trumpet the fact that, in prehistoric ages, sea-levels could be 200 m lower than today? If most human beings were living in coastal areas, it is likely that their fossils will remain lost for ever.

    -Why don’t fossil-hunters explain why they cannot find remains of chimpanzees?

    -Why are our palaeolithic ancestors usually described as “hunter-gatherers”, when there is increased evidence that great parts of our planet, particularly the Mediterranean basin & the Pacific Rim, were first colonised by skilled navigators?

    -Why are modern humans classified as “sapiens”, even though they are admixtures of Sapiens, Neanderthal, Denisovan and probably still unidentified huge-brained Homos?

    -Why don't we try to understand what makes human births occasionally easy & fast?

    -Why do the promoters of the so-called “Aquatic Ape Hypothesis” rarely take as a point of departure the main feature of human beings, the supersized brain?

    -Why are studies of artificial wombs for mice not applicable to humans?

    -Why do billionaires express their dreams by buying yachts?

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Mon Jul 4 05:51:41 2022
    On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 6:50:32 AM UTC-4, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    WHO CAN ANSWER THIS DOZEN QUESTIONS?

    Here are some examples of questions raised in
    “Planet Ocean: our mysterious connections to water”
    Michel Odent, Clairview 2021.

    -Why do human mammals need to learn techniques to be able to swim?

    -Why do seals go to dry land to give birth, while a significant number of women use birthing pools?

    -Why are our enzymes ineffective at making the synthesis of a molecule that is essential to feed the brain?

    -Why don’t fossil-hunters trumpet the fact that, in prehistoric ages, sea-levels could be 200 m lower than today? If most human beings were living in coastal areas, it is likely that their fossils will remain lost for ever.

    -Why don’t fossil-hunters explain why they cannot find remains of chimpanzees?

    -Why are our palaeolithic ancestors usually described as “hunter-gatherers”, when there is increased evidence that great parts of our planet, particularly the Mediterranean basin & the Pacific Rim, were first colonised by skilled navigators?

    -Why are modern humans classified as “sapiens”, even though they are admixtures of Sapiens, Neanderthal, Denisovan and probably still unidentified huge-brained Homos?

    -Why don't we try to understand what makes human births occasionally easy & fast?

    -Why do the promoters of the so-called “Aquatic Ape Hypothesis” rarely take as a point of departure the main feature of human beings, the supersized brain?

    -Why are studies of artificial wombs for mice not applicable to humans?

    -Why do billionaires express their dreams by buying yachts?

    Why are tropical seals that sleep on beaches thickly furred (Caribbean/Hawaiian/Mediterranean monk seals), while all naked Homo live in protective shelters like naked mole rats?

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Mon Jul 4 10:24:15 2022
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:

    -Why do human mammals need to learn techniques to be able to swim?

    I never imagined an Aquatic Ape model that required swimming.

    "Diving," yes, that would be helpful. Going under water, being able to eat even during high tide... most helpful. But that's not swimming per se. It's not crossing
    a distance of water.

    -Why do seals go to dry land to give birth, while a significant number of women use birthing pools?

    Turtles do the same. It seems to be a bit of a rule for land
    animals that adapt to the water.

    -Why are our enzymes ineffective at making the synthesis of a molecule that is essential to feed the brain?

    TWO QUESTIONS, with that being only one of them.

    The first seems obvious enough: We didn't need it. We were getting all the Omega-3s
    we could ever use, and then some, from our Aquatic diet.

    THE SECOND QUESTION is: Did the Chimp regain some ability after the split, or did
    we lose it afterwards?

    -Why don’t fossil-hunters trumpet the fact that, in prehistoric ages, sea-levels could be 200 m lower than
    today? If most human beings were living in coastal areas, it is likely that their fossils will remain lost for ever.

    I was actually attacked, some years ago, over in talk.origins, pointing out this
    fact and that if people really believe the Gwobull Warbling narrative they should
    be DEMANDING that we start dredging now.

    Standard practice in the field, for archaeology, is to dig a test pit or trench. It's
    not overly large or large at all, and it's really just to see what's down there: "Test"
    the site.

    NOTE: You often know that there's /Something/ there but maybe not exactly where. Or the terrane might look like someplace people would favor, but did they?
    And if so did anything get preserved? So you dig a test pit, trench "Bore" and look.

    So we do that offshore. We identify as best we can where the shoreline used to be, where the rivers let out into the ocean... natural harbors which afforded some
    protection from storms?

    So we identify them and dig trenches. Then we sift the sediments we dug up looking for any traces of habitation. If we find it, THEN we embark on the more expensive, more difficult, more dangerous underwater excavations.

    -Why don’t fossil-hunters explain why they cannot find remains of chimpanzees?

    There is a ready explanation: We can and we have. They just don't look like our
    idea of Chimpanzees yet.

    -Why are our palaeolithic ancestors usually described as “hunter-gatherers”, when
    there is increased evidence that great parts of our planet, particularly the
    Mediterranean basin & the Pacific Rim, were first colonised by skilled navigators?

    Technically a fisherman is a hunter-gather, is he not? He's hunting living animals.

    -Why are modern humans classified as “sapiens”, even though they are admixtures
    of Sapiens, Neanderthal, Denisovan and probably still unidentified huge-brained
    Homos?

    Well the names/classifications are totally artificial. The archaics had no way of
    knowing what we called them or how we classified them, and they could not possibly have cared any less if there was any of of informing them.

    The names/groupings reflect the linear model: The slow march from the small, dumb & simple to he large, intelligent & complex. This model is vomit. At best.

    It's thoroughly debunked.

    But our classifications are a vestige of the idiocy.

    -Why don't we try to understand what makes human births occasionally easy & fast?

    Variation is to be expected.

    -Why do the promoters of the so-called “Aquatic Ape Hypothesis” rarely take as a
    point of departure the main feature of human beings, the supersized brain?

    Straw man. I've always raised that point. It's incontrovertible evidence supporting
    Aquatic Ape/

    -Why are studies of artificial wombs for mice not applicable to humans?

    I have no idea if they are or aren't, much less what we should expect.

    -Why do billionaires express their dreams by buying yachts?

    Waterfront property is the most expensive EVERYWHERE.




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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Mon Jul 4 11:27:38 2022
    On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 1:24:16 PM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:

    -Why do human mammals need to learn techniques to be able to swim?
    I never imagined an Aquatic Ape model that required swimming.

    "Diving," yes, that would be helpful. Going under water, being able to eat even
    during high tide... most helpful. But that's not swimming per se. It's not crossing
    a distance of water.
    -Why do seals go to dry land to give birth, while a significant number of women use birthing pools?
    Turtles do the same. It seems to be a bit of a rule for land
    animals that adapt to the water.
    -Why are our enzymes ineffective at making the synthesis of a molecule that is essential to feed the brain?
    TWO QUESTIONS, with that being only one of them.

    The first seems obvious enough: We didn't need it. We were getting all the Omega-3s
    we could ever use, and then some, from our Aquatic diet.

    THE SECOND QUESTION is: Did the Chimp regain some ability after the split, or did
    we lose it afterwards?
    -Why don’t fossil-hunters trumpet the fact that, in prehistoric ages, sea-levels could be 200 m lower than
    today? If most human beings were living in coastal areas, it is likely that their fossils will remain lost for ever.
    I was actually attacked, some years ago, over in talk.origins, pointing out this
    fact and that if people really believe the Gwobull Warbling narrative they should
    be DEMANDING that we start dredging now.

    Standard practice in the field, for archaeology, is to dig a test pit or trench. It's
    not overly large or large at all, and it's really just to see what's down there: "Test"
    the site.

    NOTE: You often know that there's /Something/ there but maybe not exactly where. Or the terrane might look like someplace people would favor, but did they?
    And if so did anything get preserved? So you dig a test pit, trench "Bore" and look.

    So we do that offshore. We identify as best we can where the shoreline used to
    be, where the rivers let out into the ocean... natural harbors which afforded some
    protection from storms?

    So we identify them and dig trenches. Then we sift the sediments we dug up looking for any traces of habitation. If we find it, THEN we embark on the more expensive, more difficult, more dangerous underwater excavations.
    -Why don’t fossil-hunters explain why they cannot find remains of chimpanzees?
    There is a ready explanation: We can and we have. They just don't look like our
    idea of Chimpanzees yet.
    -Why are our palaeolithic ancestors usually described as “hunter-gatherers”, when
    there is increased evidence that great parts of our planet, particularly the
    Mediterranean basin & the Pacific Rim, were first colonised by skilled navigators?
    Technically a fisherman is a hunter-gather, is he not? He's hunting living animals.
    -Why are modern humans classified as “sapiens”, even though they are admixtures
    of Sapiens, Neanderthal, Denisovan and probably still unidentified huge-brained
    Homos?
    Well the names/classifications are totally artificial. The archaics had no way of
    knowing what we called them or how we classified them, and they could not possibly have cared any less if there was any of of informing them.

    The names/groupings reflect the linear model: The slow march from the small, dumb & simple to he large, intelligent & complex. This model is vomit. At best.

    It's thoroughly debunked.

    But our classifications are a vestige of the idiocy.
    -Why don't we try to understand what makes human births occasionally easy & fast?
    Variation is to be expected.
    -Why do the promoters of the so-called “Aquatic Ape Hypothesis” rarely take as a
    point of departure the main feature of human beings, the supersized brain?
    Straw man. I've always raised that point. It's incontrovertible evidence supporting
    Aquatic Ape/
    -Why are studies of artificial wombs for mice not applicable to humans?
    I have no idea if they are or aren't, much less what we should expect.
    -Why do billionaires express their dreams by buying yachts?
    Waterfront property is the most expensive EVERYWHERE.




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    Vail, Colorado.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 4 12:55:40 2022
    DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    [...]

    I cherish our time together, despite your obvious mental
    issues. I feel a connections of sorts, a kinship and want
    to share something personal with you. My urine, perhaps.




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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Mon Jul 4 15:31:16 2022
    On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 3:55:41 PM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    [...]

    I cherish our time together, despite your obvious mental
    issues. I feel a connections of sorts, a kinship and want
    to share something personal with you. My urine, perhaps.




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    Jermbot can't respond to reality. Shocking.

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Mon Jul 4 15:40:18 2022
    On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 6:50:32 AM UTC-4, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    WHO CAN ANSWER THIS DOZEN QUESTIONS?

    Here are some examples of questions raised in
    “Planet Ocean: our mysterious connections to water”
    Michel Odent, Clairview 2021.

    -Why do human mammals need to learn techniques to be able to swim?
    And walk? And run? And (everything)?

    -Why do seals go to dry land to give birth, while a significant number of women use birthing pools?

    Odent is the populizer of birthing pools, cash cow. Pygmies birth at shallow crystalline streams, which he ignores, as there's no profit in that.


    -Why are our enzymes ineffective at making the synthesis of a molecule that is essential to feed the brain?

    -Why don’t fossil-hunters trumpet the fact that, in prehistoric ages, sea-levels could be 200 m lower than today? If most human beings were living in coastal areas, it is likely that their fossils will remain lost for ever.

    -Why don’t fossil-hunters explain why they cannot find remains of chimpanzees?

    Rainforests recycle all life forms quickly, so ape and human remains are very rare, while coastal remains are half erosional half depositional.

    -Why are our palaeolithic ancestors usually described as “hunter-gatherers”, when there is increased evidence that great parts of our planet, particularly the Mediterranean basin & the Pacific Rim, were first colonised by skilled navigators?

    Because H&G long preceded skilled navigators.


    -Why are modern humans classified as “sapiens”, even though they are admixtures of Sapiens, Neanderthal, Denisovan and probably still unidentified huge-brained Homos?

    Arrogance.


    -Why don't we try to understand what makes human births occasionally easy & fast?

    Drugs, baby.

    -Why do the promoters of the so-called “Aquatic Ape Hypothesis” rarely take as a point of departure the main feature of human beings, the supersized brain?

    Shelters allowed altricial brain development, cf crows.


    -Why are studies of artificial wombs for mice not applicable to humans?

    Why not?

    -Why do billionaires express their dreams by buying yachts?

    Vail Colorado, SpaceX, etc.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 5 21:58:41 2022
    I get it, you must be a shut-in due to great physical or mental
    disabilities, but why hit the reply button? You clearly have
    no interest in the topics, not even of the topics in your own
    threads, and you're incapable of expressing the ideas you
    sometimes want to pretend to have.




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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Wed Jul 6 09:20:17 2022
    Jermy jabbering to himself again:

    On Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 12:58:42 AM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    I get it, you must be a shut-in due to great physical or mental
    disabilities, but why hit the reply button? You clearly have
    no interest in the topics, not even of the topics in your own
    threads, and you're incapable of expressing the ideas you
    sometimes want to pretend to have.




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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 6 09:30:43 2022
    One obvious symptom of your disorder(s) is your habit of replying
    to yourself, incessantly, often with unrelated, seemingly random
    "Cites."





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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Wed Jul 6 09:37:39 2022
    On Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 12:30:44 PM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    One obvious symptom of your disorder(s) is your habit of replying
    to yourself, incessantly, often with unrelated, seemingly random
    "Cites."





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    Dr Jermy has replaced mv.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 7 09:13:24 2022
    Whoops, no, STILL nothing on topic being posted by you... nothing...

    Absolutely zero surprise though.





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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Thu Jul 7 09:18:12 2022
    On Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 12:13:26 PM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Whoops, no, STILL nothing on topic being posted by you... nothing...

    Absolutely zero surprise though.





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    dr jermy

    chuckle.

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