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Why animal rights and veganism doesn´t work. The brains of our ancestors (Homo erectus again) became big thanks to hunting and feasting on primordial elephants...
Without "speciesism", no Man. Deal with it.
Friday, April 17, 2026
Clear as crystal
A sequel to the previous blog post. Homo erectus collected crystals already 800,000 years ago. Other hominins have also valued these little trinkets. Here is a quote from the paper linked below: "Notably, none of those crystals was used as a tool, weapon or ornament. They were neither worked, modified or repurposed in any way, nor do they show signs of use as jewels. Yet, hominins valued these stones enough to transport them from the geological outcrops to the caves used as refuges. These findings suggest that, almost 800,000 years ago— possibly earlier if additional claims are confirmed—, H. erectus displayed attraction to quartz and calcite crystals, treasuring them for reasons beyond practical necessity." The authors point out that in Homo sapiens, this would surely have been interpreted as evidence for symbolic thought!
Unfortunetely, the bulk of the paper is less impressive. Why is it strange that a few chimpanzees from circuses who are used to seeing and handling objects of human interest find crystals sufficiently alluring to collect them? Clue: it isn´t, and the researchers even admit it themselves. They recommend studies on wild apes instead...
Ahem. So nothing has really been proven here.
Connected to the cosmos
This is sheer speculation, of course, but it´s still intriguing. Hindus actually worship ammonite fossils (shaligrama stones), so that´s certainly a thing. But did Homo erectus really have a symbolic culture? I mean, could they even speak? It would be absolutely fascinating if the erecti were "spiritual but not religious"! Apparently, even chimpanzees collect shiny stones with no obvious utilitarian purpose...
Diagnostic dilemma
This is really a pro-paranormal article, but strangely enough, it has been published on the pro-science website Live Science?! The case is interesting, to be sure. Read it before it´s removed.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Young at heart
A young Doreen Virtue when she promoted "New Age occultism" at the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Cyberpunk
Is this really existing cyberpunk? We assumed we would be living in cyber-utopia by now. Or at the very least a very interesting cyber-dystopia (think "Blade Runner"). Instead, we got...this.
A humanoid robot named Edward chases invasive boars in Warsaw, Poland. Yes, really. Boars. Wild pigs. Suids.
"I have seen the fire birds of Orion, the space ships at Tannenberg Gate, the suids of Warsaw". HA HA HA!
Trump can´t meme
Claim: there are two versions of the infamous Trump meme showing the Don as Jesus (or is it Geezus a.k.a. Brian). The one to the left is the original one (original source unknown), the one to the right is the meme that was actually published on Truth Social.
Before the meme was posted by the POTUS, somebody changed one of the soldiers in the sky to a winged creature with apparent horns. I´m not the only person who thinks it looks like a demon or the Devil himself. Did Trump change it? Did somebody else? If so, why? Is some of Trump´s advisors secretely undermining him?
I suppose the most charitable interpretation is that the "soldiers" really are demons and that Trump opposes them by healing the sick man. But if so, it contradicts the "pro-military" atmosphere in the rest of the meme. Maybe it´s pointless to analyze memes (ironic or otherwise), but the picture was deleted from the Trump account after an unprecedented backlash from American Christians (many of whom presumably voted Republican).
On to the next scandal...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Ambition noll
Några avhoppade SD-are har tydligen bildat ett nytt parti, Ambition Sverige. En snabbtitt på hemsidan ger vid handen att partiet försöker profilera sig som "det riktiga SD". Alltså med "riktig" SD-politik, inte alla urvattnade kompromisser. Oklart varför de inte går till Alternativ för Sverige? Men min ambition att botanisera i detta är rätt nära nollpunkten. Kommer såklart inte att bli (åter)invalda i riksdagen (några av "vildarna" har tydligen gått över till Ambition Sverige).
Bordlägges!
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