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[–] sk@forums.utsukta.org 51 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This would be a very interesting paper to read! any citations?

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 56 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Not OP, I couldn't find a paper. Just this site that makes the same claim almost word for word, and cites a youtube video of a lecture at Stanford. I didn't watch the video, but this seems best described as a "plausible" explanation rather than a proven fact.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 30 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] sk@forums.utsukta.org 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Reincarnation goals: request to be fat naked mole rat at the pearly gates.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

If you get to the Pearly Gates as a fat mole rat, point out to St Peter that with climate change and rising ocean levels, Heaven may need your attributes soon.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 5 points 4 months ago

This says there are fat naked mole rats, but it says their role is to connect to other naked mole rats communities by digging when the ground is soft from rain. That's quite different from the claim that their role is to block the tunnels to stop them flooding.

[–] Nooodel@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Didn't find the passage that states anything about blocking passages from rain though...

[–] sorter_plainview@lemmy.today 11 points 4 months ago

Shit! That video is Robert Sapolsky's lecture. I have something like an "intellectual" crush on him. He has done pioneering works in behavioural science, and at the intersection of human physiology and psychology. One of his books "Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers" is entirely on the various effects of psychological stress on the human body.

He observed the same group of baboons for 25 years to understand their behaviour. Each year he used to spend 4 months with this group and observe them for more than 8 hours a day. "A Primate's Memoir" is another book on this. Recently he wrote "Behave", on the deterministic nature of human behaviour, tracing "aggression" back to the evolutionary reasons.

[–] sk@forums.utsukta.org 7 points 4 months ago

more like layman meme than science meme :P