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Comment Re: go live in a cave yourself (Score 1) 155

I wonder why Merkel shut down nuclear. It's probably the biggest fuckup ever, along with the whole Energiewende thing. Germany could have been CO2 neutral today if they had taken the nuclear route instead of 'going green.' And they spent like 500 billion Euros?

Who benefited from Merkel's choice? The Russians?

Comment Re:Helpful, but not definitive (Score 1) 132

Plus there's also the note that this 39% drop is for the overall test group. When they looked at people who have a genetic predisposition, they state that they still saw a reduction... but they don't put a number on it, which leads me to believe that it's not a particularly impressive reduction.

They did put a number on it. Dementia in high risk groups fell from 18 to 11 cases per 1000 people, according to BBC's article.
https://www.bbc.com/news/healt...

Comment Re: Population size (Score 2) 264

Well, I'm not the GP but the Victorian mindset has nothing to do with it. For most of human history, your kids were your ticket through old age. Poor countries tend to have higher birth rates. Also in poor countries, infant mortality is greater so parents generate more kids to compensate.

/me thinks that's just a myth, and that the real reason is that people have kids because they get horny and have sex.

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