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    From JTEM is my hero@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 11 15:43:01 2023
    So DHA presents a MASSIVE problem for the Out of
    Africa purity crowd. There just plain aren't great
    sources in Africa, not very good sources at all on a
    savanna, and our brains had to have evolved within
    an environment were there was an ample supply of
    DHA.

    But what about cannibalism?

    I suppose if you want to argue that stereotypical
    cannibal head hunter, you could spin a scenario
    were the DHA they acquired in life, even if
    insufficient, was augmented by consuming the brains
    and hence the DHA accumulated by others.

    A snowball effect?

    Not sure how this isn't racist but saying they picked
    up their DHA on a Southeast Asian beach is wildly
    racist...




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  • From =?UTF-8?B?w5bDtiBUaWli?=@21:1/5 to JTEM is my hero on Wed Apr 12 01:52:42 2023
    On Wednesday, 12 April 2023 at 01:45:18 UTC+3, JTEM is my hero wrote:
    So DHA presents a MASSIVE problem for the Out of
    Africa purity crowd. There just plain aren't great
    sources in Africa, not very good sources at all on a
    savanna, and our brains had to have evolved within
    an environment were there was an ample supply of
    DHA.

    From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it? There
    are zero sources in Africa. In reality there are no such
    problem ... lot of edible things like eggs of birds and
    termites, various seeds and nuts contain it plenty. That
    was about older hominids. Newer ... h.sapiens has
    mutations in the FADS2 gene, which encodes
    Δ6-desaturase; a key enzyme for the synthesis of
    DHA and sapienic acid so needs to consume it less.

    But what about cannibalism?

    I suppose if you want to argue that stereotypical
    cannibal head hunter, you could spin a scenario
    were the DHA they acquired in life, even if
    insufficient, was augmented by consuming the brains
    and hence the DHA accumulated by others.

    A snowball effect?

    Not sure how this isn't racist but saying they picked
    up their DHA on a Southeast Asian beach is wildly
    racist...

    Not healthy. You have risk to gain the diseases and
    parasites of victim. Mad Cow Disease (BSE) was
    caused by body parts of cows being added to food
    of cattle. IOW cannibalism is idiotic.

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  • From JTEM is my hero@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 15:11:08 2023
    Öö Tiib wrote:

    From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it?

    You're making a classic argument out of ignorance.

    "Well I don't know, I'm ignorant, so it doesn't matter."
    You have internet access. Use it.




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  • From =?UTF-8?B?w5bDtiBUaWli?=@21:1/5 to JTEM is my hero on Thu Apr 13 22:06:48 2023
    On Thursday, 13 April 2023 at 01:15:18 UTC+3, JTEM is my hero wrote:
    Öö Tiib wrote:

    From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it?
    You're making a classic argument out of ignorance.

    "Well I don't know, I'm ignorant, so it doesn't matter."
    You have internet access. Use it.

    Your argument was that of ignorance.
    Internet said that " In reality there are no such
    problem ... lot of edible things like eggs of birds and
    termites, various seeds and nuts contain it plenty."

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  • From JTEM is my hero@21:1/5 to JTEM is my hero on Thu Apr 13 22:55:15 2023
    Öö Tiib wrote:

    JTEM is my hero wrote:

    Öö Tiib wrote:

    From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it?

    You're making a classic argument out of ignorance.

    Here it is again, that argument from ignorance:

    : From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    : nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it?

    One more time:

    : From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    : nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it?

    Your argument was that of ignorance.

    Now you're just being stupid.

    YOU profess your ignorance on the topic of DHA, and YOU
    insist that this ignorance is actually an argument against
    the importance of DHA.





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  • From =?UTF-8?B?w5bDtiBUaWli?=@21:1/5 to JTEM is my hero on Fri Apr 14 00:02:21 2023
    On Friday, 14 April 2023 at 09:00:21 UTC+3, JTEM is my hero wrote:
    Öö Tiib wrote:

    JTEM is my hero wrote:

    Öö Tiib wrote:

    From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it?

    You're making a classic argument out of ignorance.
    Here it is again, that argument from ignorance:

    : From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    : nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it?

    This is not argument, this is question. The lack of answer
    to that question demonstrates that your argument is
    of ignorance.

    One more time:1
    : From where comes the data that DHA is so rare in
    : nature that one has to dive into ocean to find it?

    This is not argument, this is question. The lack of answer
    to that question demonstrates that your argument is
    of ignorance.

    Your argument was that of ignorance.
    Now you're just being stupid.

    You are mostly mirroring, but I am indeed stupid to extent
    that I'm bothering to answer to stupid person.

    YOU profess your ignorance on the topic of DHA, and YOU
    insist that this ignorance is actually an argument against
    the importance of DHA.

    Importance does not indicate lack. These are unrelated
    properties.

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  • From JTEM is my hero@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 22 05:38:16 2023
    Öö Tiib wrote:

    This is not argument, this is question.

    Oh, that's right; you're the accomplished academic with the powerful
    sense of curiosity who can't be bothered to do a rudimentary Google
    search on DHA and the brain. That's you. You're the one.

    Well, one day we must meet and you really must show me your Nobel
    Prize...

    Thanks so much for our time together. it was magic.




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