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Friday, January 16, 2026

No one talks about this part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkIr0kLKdJc

Thursday, January 15, 2026

This Food Component Cuts Visceral Fat in Half (Science-backed)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jII_IDTCw-o

I'm not sure how to eat this food, and 40G seems excessive.

https://youtu.be/ZkosHWNSLc4?si=i7ZZadzYQrDGKq2h

Likewise, he recommends 40G fiber. Again, this seems way excessive. A 12 oz package of mixed vegetables, which claims to be 4 servings, has 12G of fiber per package. I like eating vegetables with something that tastes good, like chicken nuggets, chicken strips, or ravioli.

I also get fiber from fruit. I try to eat an apple every day, because doing so reportedly can lower cholesterol.

Too much of either substance will have intestinal effects, like gas, because they are broken down by gut bacteria. I've been trying to eat fiber to deal with constipation.

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

3 Occasions When A Narcissist Reveals Their True Self

Interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcp38hyyVyg

Why Did No One Think of This? Dark Matter Might Just be Normal Matter

Interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffLDGr2pW0Q

They are all just big cat 🥰🥰

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xkaiFeFK7vM

If people think that pitbulls are dangerous, these animals could easily kill a human. Maybe they wouldn't, but there have been incidences of trained animals turning on their trainers.

Monday, January 12, 2026

Why USA Built a Giant Wall from Canada to Texas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-LJaB8y438

Large-scale Vitamin D study on Telomeres, an important Marker of Aging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is72arPPdy4

john2001plus
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I'm concerned that the study doesn't control for the Omega-3 intake, although taking both sounds like a good idea. I'm already taking Vitamin D. However, I'm not a doctor nor a medical expert.

I'm also concerned that he doesn't provide a link to the study. I found the article on the The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition website: https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(25)00255-2/abstract

I believe in, "Trust, but verify". I would like to see more studies.

According to Google AI...

"Yes, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) is a highly reputable, peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing primary research, considered a top source in nutrition and dietetics, though it's published by the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), which receives funding from food/beverage industry partners, a point some critics raise regarding potential influence. Its high impact factor and publication of rigorous studies on topics like obesity, metabolism, and vitamins underscore its scientific standing. "

Sunday, January 11, 2026

94% of the Universe is Gone Forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMafg99BTm0

It seems pointless to talk about 2 trillion years from now. Fifty thousand years ago, at the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic, humans appeared to get smarter, inventing new tools and the first permanent structures. A million years ago our ancestors were Homo Erectus.

A million years from now, and maybe much sooner, humans will look different and most likely be adapted for a new kind of existence, such as space travel. A million years is enough time to evolve into a new species.

There is no guarantee that we will survive that long, but I have faith that people will find a way. The Earth will only be able to support life for about a billion years.

Animal Protein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_cKTN1l7r4&t=1845s

Why Concrete Tetrapods Are Genius AND Deadly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgctoGG-cMs

Friday, January 9, 2026

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Re: Evolution Tells Us We Might Be The Only Intelligent Life in the Universe

I agree.

Given the conditions for life to develop it did so. Those conditions might be rare, but the galaxy is a very big place and the universe is for all practical purposes infinite.

On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 11:55 PM Grant wrote:

I believe the universe is teaming with life. However, who's to say that intelligent life elsewhere, even worries about radio transmissions?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM John Coffey <john2001plus@gmail.com> wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF-CvZgSPCM

I only watched the first 2.5 minutes. He said that we have no evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, as if this were an important part of his argument. Although that statement is technically correct, the distances involved are so vast that it is unlikely we could detect their radio signals—or that they could detect ours.

If we look at the evolution of life on Earth, we see incredible resilience. Once life starts, it finds a way; it adapts.

There are many examples of convergent evolution, where unrelated species independently evolve similar traits. For example, complex eyes evolved multiple times in different lineages, and several unrelated species independently evolved crab-like body plans.

What evolution shows us is that it adapts to incentives. Creatures become faster because they need to. Animals that benefit from greater intelligence evolve it. Only a few species are intelligent, while most are not, for the simple reason that they do not need to be. Intelligence is energetically expensive, and it is often more efficient not to have it.

Once life begins, I think it has the potential to produce intelligence. If we could travel to another world with life, we would likely see an enormous variety of organisms. Some of them would look familiar, because the patterns that work here could also work elsewhere.

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Evolution Tells Us We Might Be The Only Intelligent Life in the Universe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF-CvZgSPCM

I only watched the first 2.5 minutes. He said that we have no evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, as if this were an important part of his argument. Although that statement is technically correct, the distances involved are so vast that it is unlikely we could detect their radio signals—or that they could detect ours.

If we look at the evolution of life on Earth, we see incredible resilience. Once life starts, it finds a way; it adapts.

There are many examples of convergent evolution, where unrelated species independently evolve similar traits. For example, complex eyes evolved multiple times in different lineages, and several unrelated species independently evolved crab-like body plans.

What evolution shows us is that it adapts to incentives. Creatures become faster because they need to. Animals that benefit from greater intelligence evolve it. Only a few species are intelligent, while most are not, for the simple reason that they do not need to be. Intelligence is energetically expensive, and it is often more efficient not to have it.

Once life begins, I think it has the potential to produce intelligence. If we could travel to another world with life, we would likely see an enormous variety of organisms. Some of them would look familiar, because the patterns that work here could also work elsewhere.

I went to Greenland, here's why the US wants it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D0FhJFUzeA

The $200M Machine that Prints Microchips: The EUV Photolithography System

The first 12 minutes cover the basics. The next ten minutes get into how the light is generated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2482h_TNwg

The degree of precision of these machines seems almost impossible. It shows that if there is a financial incentive, the free market will find a way.

There are not many companies that have these capabilities, and a manufacturing plant costs billions of dollars to build.

I saw a headline today about the first 2 nanometer chip being manufactured. From what I understand, we are approaching the limits of what physics will allow.

Why do Chinese 🇨🇳 fighter pilots use English in the cockpit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4boHg0SoI

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Building a rectangle with four pieces, easy or impossible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otO4TAL9-78

Monday, January 5, 2026

Earth Is Hurtling Towards Something Strange and We Don't Know What It Is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGkF5zrsrYk

Sunday, January 4, 2026

When Noone Knows The Signs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQj7dHuryJY

@EdmondDantes51
3 weeks ago
They are on the verge of being turned into their original carbon components.

Friday, January 2, 2026

How iPhone Proves Electric Cars Will Win

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMEDY2xGC8Y

For the moment, gasoline is much more energy dense and a more convenient way to power your car. I don't think that the laws of physics will ever allow battery power to be as convenient.

If we run out of oil, and we will, I think that we will still use synthetic fuels.

Electric cars are great if all you want to do is make short trips.