Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Sunday, May 28, 2023
Is the CO2 greenhouse effect saturated?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVc-Y-mJ_uY&t=672s
John Coffey
7 minutes ago (edited)
We have almost doubled the CO2 level already from the preindustrial level, and we aren't experiencing a 2 to 4 degree increase in temperature. Instead, we are looking at a 1 to 1.1-degree increase. The current rate of change is barely over 1/100th of a degree per year. Climate Alarmism depends upon as-of-yet unproven positive feedback effects, which likely exist, but we also have to factor in the negative feedback.
7 minutes ago (edited)
We have almost doubled the CO2 level already from the preindustrial level, and we aren't experiencing a 2 to 4 degree increase in temperature. Instead, we are looking at a 1 to 1.1-degree increase. The current rate of change is barely over 1/100th of a degree per year. Climate Alarmism depends upon as-of-yet unproven positive feedback effects, which likely exist, but we also have to factor in the negative feedback.
Right now we should be in the rapid cooling phase of the Milankovich Cycles and headed toward the next period of mass glaciation, except that those pesky humans have warmed the planet a tiny bit. Thank goodness for that.
Saturday, May 27, 2023
"I looked at the recent bird flu data, and now I'm really scared."
An elderly friend of mine in Salt Lake City died from the flu.
According to the video, there is no pandemic of the Bird Flu right now, but conditions are ripe for one to happen. It has infected animals close enough to humans for it to have the potential to spread to people.
The video claims that public officials are trying to prevent an outbreak. It would be good if we could avoid another pandemic.
Friday, May 26, 2023
Does COVID Mess With Your DNA?
https://youtu.be/6q_Sf4I0Bp0
What I gather from the video is that the methylation of genes is a natural bodily response to infection. People with long COVID appear to have overly persistent and/or inappropriate methylation leading to chronic inflammation.
What I gather from the video is that the methylation of genes is a natural bodily response to infection. People with long COVID appear to have overly persistent and/or inappropriate methylation leading to chronic inflammation.
IPCC pressure tactics exposed: "Hide the decline."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8xd0LCeRQ&t=764s
John Coffey
1 minute ago
As much as I am a climate alarmism skeptic, what I gather from the video is that the most recent tree ring data is aberrant from the actual temperature data and other proxies. So they threw out the data that didn't match recent reality as they understood it from the temperature data. There was no "decline" if you believe the temperature data is correct.
However, they replaced the missing data with fake data making all the data appear to agree. They simply could have excluded the tree ring data because of its apparent unreliability.
Many people have called into question the temperature record, because of the urban heat island effect. I also have heard that roughly half of all temperature data is not data at all but estimates based on models. This leads to apparent circular reasoning where the models are based on data, but some of the data is based on models. Why isn't this a problem?
John Coffey
1 minute ago
As much as I am a climate alarmism skeptic, what I gather from the video is that the most recent tree ring data is aberrant from the actual temperature data and other proxies. So they threw out the data that didn't match recent reality as they understood it from the temperature data. There was no "decline" if you believe the temperature data is correct.
However, they replaced the missing data with fake data making all the data appear to agree. They simply could have excluded the tree ring data because of its apparent unreliability.
Many people have called into question the temperature record, because of the urban heat island effect. I also have heard that roughly half of all temperature data is not data at all but estimates based on models. This leads to apparent circular reasoning where the models are based on data, but some of the data is based on models. Why isn't this a problem?
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Parrot DESTROYS "-ocks" 😮
https://youtube.com/shorts/RrM9DmeevAA?feature=share
At the end, did I hear, "Is it a block?"
Can this parrot speak in sentences?
Best wishes,
John Coffey
At the end, did I hear, "Is it a block?"
Can this parrot speak in sentences?
Best wishes,
John Coffey
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Monday, May 22, 2023
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Friday, May 19, 2023
Wild Beehive in a Washing Machine (Short Version)
https://youtube.com/shorts/ame3yfxCdxY?feature=share
Every one of this woman's videos are exactly the same. She is not afraid to handle bees, and she takes pride in relocating colonies.
I've had three bees stings in my life, starting as a small child. If I tried to handle bees the way she does, I would probably get multiple stings.
Perhaps she uses a smoker while she is handling the bees. Honey bees become docile in the presence of smoke. I am guessing that their instinct is to take shelter in the hive.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
Every one of this woman's videos are exactly the same. She is not afraid to handle bees, and she takes pride in relocating colonies.
I've had three bees stings in my life, starting as a small child. If I tried to handle bees the way she does, I would probably get multiple stings.
Perhaps she uses a smoker while she is handling the bees. Honey bees become docile in the presence of smoke. I am guessing that their instinct is to take shelter in the hive.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
Your Brain Is Shaped Like Nobody Else’s - Nautilus
A growing body of research now confirms there are plenty of physical dissimilarities between individual brains, particularly when it comes to white matter—the material nestled beneath the much-prized gray matter. And it's not just anatomical. White matter hosts connections between the brain's sections, like a city's streets and avenues. So behavioral patterns can arise from even small physical differences in white matter, according to a late 2022 Science paperpenned by Forkel and a colleague.1
https://nautil.us/your-brain-is-shaped-like-nobody-elses-297950/
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Don’t Know Why -
Homo Habilis, with only a brain size of 610 cc, invented the stone axe about 2.5 million years ago. This was high-tech for over 2 million years.
Homo sapiens, with a brain size of 1350 cc, have only been around for about 300,000 years.
I had heard that more varied tool usage didn't start until about 50,000 years ago. However, this is not correct...
Names of the days of the week
In many languages, the names given to the seven days of the week are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astronomy, which were in turn named after contemporary deities,
In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week.
The seven-day week was adopted in early Christianity from the Hebrew calendar, who copied it from the Babylonians and gradually replaced the Roman nundinal cycle. Sunday remained the first day of the week, being considered the day of the sun god Sol Invictus and the Lord's Day, while the Jewish sabbath remained the seventh. Emperor Constantine adopted the seven-day week for official use in 321 CE, making the Day of the Sun (dies Solis) a legal holiday.
The Germanic peoples adapted the system introduced by the Romans by substituting the Germanic deities for the Roman ones (with the exception of Saturday)
In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Monday, May 15, 2023
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Oklahoma researchers find possible link between diet, MS | KFOR.com Oklahoma City
I'm not a doctor, so I am not giving medical advice. This needs more research.
Friday, May 12, 2023
Monday, May 8, 2023
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Friday, May 5, 2023
Thursday, May 4, 2023
How the ‘Unvaccinated’ Got It Right
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/how-the-unvaccinated-got-it-right_5238208.html?utm_campaign=socialshare_email
I am disturbed by how every commentator on the political right has turned anti-COVID-vaccine to one degree or enough. While most are against the vaccine, some think it should only be given to the most vulnerable population because of reported vaccine risk.
The article cherry-picks its data and makes a number of false claims. It hits every anti-vaccine point that has come up over the last three years and relies on emotional language to make its points.
1. It is not true that the vaccinated die at a higher rate than the unvaccinated. The data shows so much the opposite that it takes extreme mental gymnastics to come to this conclusion.
The article points to data from the vaccine trial. The problem with this is that the vaccine trial was given to a wide range of people, including nursing home patients who might have died anyway, so any discussion of the death rate from the initial trial is not proof of anything. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2021/08/no-more-vaccinated-people-didnt-die-from-covid-in-pfizers-vaccine-trial.html
There has been a ton of research after the initial trial. I have read a number of papers that support the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
I saw one study that indicated that 1 out of a million people might die from the vaccine, usually people with comorbidities. This is roughly the same risk of death every time you get in a car. However, the disease has killed 1 out of 92 infected people in the United States, usually people with comorbidities. Young healthy people have also died from COVID. Nobody claims that the vaccine is perfectly safe, or effective, but the relative risk is much lower. One out of every 285 Americans has died from COVID. I lost a cousin to COVID.
The efficacy of the vaccine has changed as the disease has evolved. Because of this, many people claim that the government lied to us about the efficacy of the vaccine. Although the vaccine is now less effective at preventing the disease, the data shows that it is still 97% effective at preventing hospitalization and death.
2. It is not true that the vaccine is untested.
3. The vaccine was not tested for stopping the spread of the virus.
Although initially true, there wasn't time before the Emergency Use Authorization to determine whether the vaccine stopped the spread of the virus. Most commentators take this to mean that it doesn't. However, I have read more recent scientific studies that show that vaccinated people are much less likely to spread the disease.
If a member of your family has COVID, wouldn't you prefer that they be vaccinated? According to at least one study, the vaccinated are less likely to spread the disease to a family member.
4. The article claims that the vaccine mRNA might not be eliminated inside the body, without offering any proof, further making the unsupported claim that this could harm our health.
It is a well-known medical fact that mRNA is destroyed in less than a second after it is used. Your body is making and disposing of mRNA every microsecond.
Even if some of the vaccine mRNA stays around, there is no vehicle for the mRNA to enter other cells. The vaccine needs a lipid delivery mechanism to work. Once the mRNA enters the cell, it loses this mechanism.
5. The article claims that there are no long-term vaccine risk studies.
This is most likely true, although it depends upon what you mean by long-term. There have been more studies on the COVID disease and vaccination than any other disease.
"no long-term side effects have been detected. "
https://portal.ct.gov/vaccine-portal/Vaccine-Knowledge-Base/Articles/Long-Term-Effects?language=en_US
However, the long-term effects of the COVID disease have been severe, with about 11% of the infected getting "long covid". This can be life-threatening or completely debilitating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpjGLLbWZJ0
6. The article claims that the government violated people's civil liberties and engaged in censorship, and this is a good reason to not get vaccinated.
The first part of this statement is true, but it would be like saying that because you live in communist China you should not get vaccinated. The efficacy and safety of the vaccine is a completely different issue from the oppressive nature of governments.
I am disturbed by how every commentator on the political right has turned anti-COVID-vaccine to one degree or enough. While most are against the vaccine, some think it should only be given to the most vulnerable population because of reported vaccine risk.
The article cherry-picks its data and makes a number of false claims. It hits every anti-vaccine point that has come up over the last three years and relies on emotional language to make its points.
1. It is not true that the vaccinated die at a higher rate than the unvaccinated. The data shows so much the opposite that it takes extreme mental gymnastics to come to this conclusion.
The article points to data from the vaccine trial. The problem with this is that the vaccine trial was given to a wide range of people, including nursing home patients who might have died anyway, so any discussion of the death rate from the initial trial is not proof of anything. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2021/08/no-more-vaccinated-people-didnt-die-from-covid-in-pfizers-vaccine-trial.html
There has been a ton of research after the initial trial. I have read a number of papers that support the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
I saw one study that indicated that 1 out of a million people might die from the vaccine, usually people with comorbidities. This is roughly the same risk of death every time you get in a car. However, the disease has killed 1 out of 92 infected people in the United States, usually people with comorbidities. Young healthy people have also died from COVID. Nobody claims that the vaccine is perfectly safe, or effective, but the relative risk is much lower. One out of every 285 Americans has died from COVID. I lost a cousin to COVID.
The efficacy of the vaccine has changed as the disease has evolved. Because of this, many people claim that the government lied to us about the efficacy of the vaccine. Although the vaccine is now less effective at preventing the disease, the data shows that it is still 97% effective at preventing hospitalization and death.
2. It is not true that the vaccine is untested.
3. The vaccine was not tested for stopping the spread of the virus.
Although initially true, there wasn't time before the Emergency Use Authorization to determine whether the vaccine stopped the spread of the virus. Most commentators take this to mean that it doesn't. However, I have read more recent scientific studies that show that vaccinated people are much less likely to spread the disease.
If a member of your family has COVID, wouldn't you prefer that they be vaccinated? According to at least one study, the vaccinated are less likely to spread the disease to a family member.
4. The article claims that the vaccine mRNA might not be eliminated inside the body, without offering any proof, further making the unsupported claim that this could harm our health.
It is a well-known medical fact that mRNA is destroyed in less than a second after it is used. Your body is making and disposing of mRNA every microsecond.
Even if some of the vaccine mRNA stays around, there is no vehicle for the mRNA to enter other cells. The vaccine needs a lipid delivery mechanism to work. Once the mRNA enters the cell, it loses this mechanism.
5. The article claims that there are no long-term vaccine risk studies.
This is most likely true, although it depends upon what you mean by long-term. There have been more studies on the COVID disease and vaccination than any other disease.
"no long-term side effects have been detected. "
https://portal.ct.gov/vaccine-portal/Vaccine-Knowledge-Base/Articles/Long-Term-Effects?language=en_US
However, the long-term effects of the COVID disease have been severe, with about 11% of the infected getting "long covid". This can be life-threatening or completely debilitating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpjGLLbWZJ0
6. The article claims that the government violated people's civil liberties and engaged in censorship, and this is a good reason to not get vaccinated.
The first part of this statement is true, but it would be like saying that because you live in communist China you should not get vaccinated. The efficacy and safety of the vaccine is a completely different issue from the oppressive nature of governments.
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
"We're Not Mad, Just Disappointed"
John Coffey
1 second ago
1 second ago
To a bear, everything looks like food, including you.
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