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wedontlikespaces t1_iy3gcp9 wrote

The fact that hydrogen is usable as a fuel is not really revolutionary. If they have figured out a way to make large quantities of hydrogen in an environmentally friendly way, that would be something.

But we're still going to use batteries because hydrogen fuel cells take a lot of space and are more complicated than a simple battery.

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wedontlikespaces t1_ixncgwn wrote

Gorillas are interesting because they actually possess the necessary vocal cords for language, but more recent study using the whole Koko thing, have proven they don't possess the corresponding language centre in the brain. It's like they are waiting to evolve.

More accurately the vocal cords evolved much earlier in evolutionary history for some other, unknown, purpose and were "repurposed" later on for speech when we evolved the language centre in the brain, which tends to happen a lot in evolution.

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wedontlikespaces t1_ixmlwc7 wrote

It happens because some people tie there self worth to an opinion. Especially if that opinion is really stupid.

If someone has been in that they don't like cheese there probably going to be willing to accept that other people liking cheese is normal.

However if you change cheese to "divisive politician here", that goes out the window.

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wedontlikespaces t1_ixlnbah wrote

Because when they're independent cells they are independent but when they're in a tissue they're part of a larger structure, so if that larger structure is damaged the whole tissue becomes nonviable.

If 10% of a heart dies, then the entire heart no longer works.

Going back to the house example, if a structural support beam is one of the 10% of wooden beams that rots, then the whole house is going to fall down. It's not a perfect analogy because obviously there's some bits of wood which are more important than others, but you get the idea.

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wedontlikespaces t1_iu4z3b8 wrote

That makes sense. Same reason that in the UK we drive on the left.

Back in the days when people rode horses a lot that used to leave your sword arm (right-handed for the vast majority of the population) free. Your vulnerable left side was protected by the verge.

In Europe and the US they just got stabbed a lot

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