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Comment · 6 years ago

Worth pointing out that the original media itself is compromised as an accurate historical representation.

Comment · 6 years ago

IDK. Personally I think it's silly to romanticise and wax lyrical about what are - when it comes down to it - errors in the data; artefacts of the crudeness of the technology that was available when the material was created. Do we routinely add errors of this type to modern footage? No. Why not? Because they detract from the material.

The material is already hugely compromised as a historical document of the reality on the day the events were captured. Let's not put it on a pedestal. For example, if we remove the effect of hand-cranking on film to make it more watchable, are we destroying or enhancing? I would argue the latter. The hand-cranking adds little of value.

Comment · 6 years ago

> Humans left Africa and began dispersing throughout the world at least 120,000 years ago

Haven't recent discoveries undermined this theory?

Comment · 6 years ago

> happiness actually derives from having cats

Not if you're part of the massive destruction of wildlife wrought by these biodiversity annihilators masquerading as cute pets.

'As an invasive species[1] and superpredator,[2] they do considerable ecological damage.[2] In Australia, hunting by cats helped to drive at least 20 native mammals to extinction,[3] and continues to threaten at least 124 more.[3] Their introduction has caused the extinction of at least 33 endemic species on islands throughout the world.[2] Feral and domestic cats kill billions of birds in the United States every year, where songbird populations continue to decline.[4]'