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yogthos OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in Nicaragua’s case may or may not prevail. We already know it was brilliantly argued and it will put Germany to shame forever.

I guess politics works too

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in Trust Index 2023 to 2024: Developing Countries Lead on Trust

Except it’s not difficult at all to improve things, and most people understand that their lives are getting worse because the government that serves the interests of the oligarchs has no interest in improving things.

yogthos , 4 months ago to asklemmy in Of all movies that you gotta watch more than once to really understand, what is your favorite and why?

it’s definitely worth it

yogthos , 4 months ago to asklemmy in Of all movies that you gotta watch more than once to really understand, what is your favorite and why?

Primer because you don’t know what’s happening at the start, and then you start to piece it together, but you really have to watch it a few times because the details you pick up provide context for what’s happening allowing you to piece more of the puzzle together.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in Trust Index 2023 to 2024: Developing Countries Lead on Trust

That’s an unlikely explanation given that living conditions in the west are actually declining for majority of the people.

yogthos , 4 months ago to worldnews in Zelenskyy straight-up said Ukraine is going to lose if Congress doesn't send more aid

I was wondering how the media was going to explain the collapse in Ukraine when it finally becomes impossible to hide it, and now we know. The whole thing is going to be blamed on republicans holding up money in congress, as if pouring another 61 billion after all the untold billions that were already poured into this was going to make any difference. The fact that people genuinely believe this is frankly depressing. It shows just how utterly credulous and mentally deficient western public is.

yogthos , 4 months ago to worldnews in Zelenskyy straight-up said Ukraine is going to lose if Congress doesn't send more aid

As told by all the mainstream western media buddy.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to programmerhumor in The joys of webdev

or check off disabling cache when the dev console is open

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in Trust Index 2023 to 2024: Developing Countries Lead on Trust

https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/093/912/918/931/616/original/8b765745f3686ade.mp4

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to memes in Freedom and Democracy

The people who were collaborating with US against their country were trying to flee when US backed regime collapsed, news at 11!

yogthos OP , 5 months ago to science in Crows Are Self-Aware Just Like Humans, And They May Be as Smart as Gorillas

I never really understood why the default assumption is that consciousness is something unique to humans and we should default to assuming other animals are not conscious as opposed to the other way around.

yogthos OP , 5 months ago to science in Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life

Here’s another article with more details, and you can’t compress brain cells by 90% rifters.com/real/articles/Science_No-Brain.pdf

yogthos OP , 5 months ago to science in Crows Are Self-Aware Just Like Humans, And They May Be as Smart as Gorillas

I very much agree.

yogthos OP , 5 months ago to science in Crows Are Self-Aware Just Like Humans, And They May Be as Smart as Gorillas

I imagine it’s the combination of evolutionary pressures of being a scavenger and having to fly. Since crows tend to steal food from dangerous animals like wolves, they need to be able to react quickly and to be able to predict behavior of other animals. This selects for intelligence and a theory of mind. Meanwhile, flying means you have to keep things lean.

It’s also worth noting that the human brain has massive redundancy in it. For example, there was a case of a guy in France who was missing 90% of the brain due to an extreme case of hydrocephalus. He didn’t even realize there was anything wrong with him until he went to the doctor for some unrelated problem, only to be referred to a specialist because his head seemed a bit too large.

cbc.ca/…/scientists-research-man-missing-90-of-hi…

In light of that, crows having high levels of intelligence doesn’t seem that weird at all.

yogthos OP , 5 months ago to science in Crows Are Self-Aware Just Like Humans, And They May Be as Smart as Gorillas

Right, if an animal passes the test that’s a strong indication of self awareness, but if it doesn’t then consciousness cannot be ruled out. I would imagine most animals are self aware at least on some level because being able to model oneself within your environment is a useful property. Any organism with a relatively sophisticated internal model would naturally have itself as part of its model.