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Lacessit

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  1. Cancer cannot be eliminated by evolution. Most cancers occur after humans have finished breeding, so any genetic predisposition to cancer is not part of the natural selection process. The other factor in the development of cancers is environmental exposures. It's a stark fact if one is a smoker, they are 20 times more likely to develop lung cancer than a non-smoker. I don't know what the situation is now, but back in the seventies humans were creating about 12,000 new chemicals a year. It is inevitable some would be carcinogenic. However, association of a particular cancer with the causative carcinogen would take decades to surface. Example: b-naphthylamine was first isolated from coal tar in the mid- 1800's. It was used in rubber as an anti-oxidant. By the 1930's, medical researchers started noticing high levels of bladder cancer in rubber workers. It was not until 1974 that b-naphthylamine was officially designated as carcinogenic. Humans have been consuming alcohol for millennia. It did not get designated as a Class 1 carcinogen until 1989. Back in the thirties and forties, mothers were encouraged to drink stout while pregnant. Then there is synergism, the enhanced effect of a combination of chemicals. IMO it's going to take AI to sort that one out.
  2. PET ( Positron Emission Tomography ) scans are used to detect cancerous tumors in a full body scan. After fasting for 12 hours, a patient is injected with radioactive sugar. They then wait for an hour for the sugar to distribute itself through the body. Cancer cells absorb sugar far faster than normal cells. The tumors show up as hot spots of radioactivity in the scan. If cancer loves sugar so much, why give it what it wants?
  3. I am wondering if Putin and the Russians are behind the fake AI images of Trump with black people, as I doubt Trump supporters have the brains for manipulating AI without help. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68440150 It's like the Drake fiasco, everything about Trump is fake. This is what real AI would do.........
  4. You really are not paying attention. If you think Putin will stop at Ukraine after Trump betrays it, that is extremely naive. It really baffles me. Just when I think you've hit the bottom of the barrel in terms of dumb posts, you manage to add a bit more depth.
  5. Whether he is right or wrong, who among those NATO nations are going to share intelligence with him? They may as well feed it straight to the Russians.
  6. Trump has lost the Washington DC primary to Nikki Haley. While it is only a fleabite, that must sting. Meanwhile, back on topic........
  7. Hasn't worked for me, what am I doing wrong?
  8. Thais are notoriously thin-skinned and protective of "face". Even sounding a horn here invites over-the-top retaliation.
  9. You're probably right, someone once told me the only people who make money in courts are the lawyers.
  10. IMO being stung with a judgment of hundreds of thousands of baht for pain and suffering in a civil action would be just as effective as a jail term. Perhaps you lack the resources to pursue him in a court. From your description, all the evidence is on your side.
  11. If the police have decided not to press charges, could be a brown envelope was donated by said lecturer. Civil action is a different matter. AFAIK the police are not involved. A good lawyer should be able to get you substantial damages for pain and suffering. The twerp may even settle out of court.
  12. Perhaps you should think more carefully about what you say before you type, no?
  13. ER - no. Most of the world's population is not overweight or obese, your knowledge is faulty. Here's the real picture. Put simply, Americans are obese because they eat too much. When I first visited America, I was shocked by the size of the portions in restaurants. Insane, just like gun policy - or lack of it. According to the map, 50% of Americans are obese. Statistically, that means it's the toss of a coin if someone fronting up to a gun counter is a fat waddler.
  14. Personally, I find "How much land does a man need?" by Leo Tolstoy depressing. Too much greed nowadays.
  15. i don't disagree. However, it's interesting there are still flaws in the machine. Several World Champion chess players ( Kasparov, Kramnik ) have been beaten by chess AI.
  16. It's official, I AM smarter than Gemini. The word is DECREE. Yes!!!
  17. It's why many countries have travel advisories.
  18. I won't get up myself about it. A good friend once told me "It doesn't matter how smart you think you are, there will always be someone smarter than you".
  19. It means you shoot your toes off trying to do a fast draw on debate/discussion. A manager I remember quite fondly. There was also a guy we used to call Wet Cement, because he could talk through it. Your posts remind me of him.
  20. Can't you read? Bard provided two words to my prompt, so it must have understood my prompt. It also understood the word recede had already been used. I won't claim I am smarter than Gemini until I have solved the required word. The title of the thread is "Bard/Gemini is not so smart" If it was really smart, it should not matter what prompt I use.
  21. "And will increase in every nation that has guns" My point exactly. Has anyone ever called you No-Toes?
  22. Was it not Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman " who complained his washing machine consumed belts like a maniac? I bought my GF a Samsung washing machine about 6 years ago, she loves it. Much easier than beating wet clothes on the concrete sides of the local klong, although I do miss the wet T-shirts.
  23. I can be terse , or expand a bit more if I feel it is necessary. Double spacing is a courtesy to other people who don't like reading sentences packed like sardines.

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