"The idea that humans possess inherent traits is known as 'biological determinism' ..” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/04/aliens-extraterrestrials-active-seti/ … (Jmag nuttiness dialed to 11)
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@existoon worth noting literally that I've looked into 'pet' rats as a way to do home science & it's not as cheap as you'd hope
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@276039081 @existoon Any good rat links you'd care to share?
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@Outsideness went to friends that bred them to feed their pythons for a couple years until they got bored/sick of the work @existoon2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness I'll try to remember/ask them for some of the tutorial and vendor links they rec'd me if you'd like. @existoon1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness short version, getting (not to mention replenishing..) an experiment population is either rapidly more expensive.. @existoon2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@276039081 @existoon First species domesticated for scientific purposes. That seems like a big thing.
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@Outsideness for sure. I suspect the first (if not ultimately primary) motive was the breeding. They're like zerglings, just keep on coming.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Rats as the protoecotype of (self)distributive manufacturing with arbitrarily-low marginal cost.
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@Outsideness if I asked the Festival for an endless regular rat supply, it'd drop me a breeding pair & take the question qua joke as payment1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@276039081 Note that I haven't asked you: "What exactly were you planning to do with a thousand rats?" (I expect banked coldness points.)
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@Outsideness certainly. one of us will devise a note to issue you1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness default denomination is a negative depravity-metric reputation bond-buy on a one-time private market, if that's acceptable sir?0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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