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Posts Tagged ‘People’

What Separates Us from Chimps? As It Turns Out, Not Much

Posted by doctore0 on February 27, 2011

Neurologist Robert Sapolsky explores the genetic differences between humans and chimps, and describes the few genes that make our species unique. Our two species share over ninety-eight percent of the same genes, with only one major trait separating us from other primates: an abundance of neurons in the brain.

“Take a chimp brain fetally and let it go two or three more rounds of division and you get a human brain instead,” says Sapolsky. “And, out come symphonies, ideologies and hopscotch.”

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Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists

Posted by doctore0 on February 4, 2011

Gawd the man made imaginary tribal boss. How religion poisons everything.

03 February 2011 BBC2

Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive and disputed areas of the West Bank, especially those with a spiritual significance dating back to the Bible

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Mr. Deity and the Promised Land

Posted by doctore0 on January 25, 2010

Mr. Deity is questioned by Larry about his plans for the Promised Land.

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BBC Horizon – How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?

Posted by doctore0 on December 11, 2009

“In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis.

In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched the human population more than double from 2.5 billion in 1950 to nearly seven billion. He reflects on the profound effects of this rapid growth, both on humans and the environment.
Did you know it takes ~8000 litres of water to produce one hamburger.
Again religion is our enemy, religions want you to breed like rats..
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