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Comment Nope, there is no advantage (Score 1) 94

Evolutionary advantages propagate if they impact the ability to foster children. That's the reason, typical old age problems (eg teeth etc.,) don't show the same evolution where caries resistant teeth naturally evolve. Heart disease impacts older people, and since having heard disease in old age does not impact you having children in your young age, it does not get "evolved" out.

Comment Content Availability and Censorship (Score 4, Informative) 277

People often assume that Pirating is done to avoid paying. However you have to be aware that in Many countries like India, even if you have the Amazon Prime or whatever streaming service account, censorship is rampant.
Censorship is even ruining the theater experience
https://www.huffingtonpost.in/...

So it is not surprising, that people would rather pirate than watch a stripped down version of the show.

There is no doubt that there is a percentage who pirate to avoid paying, however with more and people coming online in India and China, Pirating is the only option. The content in its entirety is not available to them.

Comment But the same article.... (Score 3, Interesting) 107

Also says this

"Further complicating the picture is climate change—the major factor behind the longer fire seasons and bigger fires. This creates a feedback loop, where megafires exacerbate climate change, which then encourages even bigger wildfires. One study found that from 1984 to 2015, climate change doubled the area burned by wildfires across the West, compared to what would have burned without climate change."

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