/sci/ - Science & Math

mfw i read all of OP's posts

>>3227367

>>3215545
>IQ of 168
>on 4chan

hoooooookay buddy

>>3160057
I'm not a plumber, I'm planning on going into medicine. I just think it's interesting that people automatically associate trades with lower paying jobs while many people with 4-year degrees end up as lab technicians and research assistants getting payed equal if not less than most established tradesmen.
>mfw you assume I'm a plumber when I make legitimate statements

>>3036387
Hey you.
Stop being on my side.
You're illogical, you're a dick, and you don't realize that "uncapable" is poor grammar.
>mfw you're a dumbass.

>>3036362
Humans are a dominant species. I'm not the type to bandy around words like "supposed to," but I believe we are in a position to use other species to further ourselves. I think, from a truly naturalist perspective, not doing so would be idiotic. Parasites and viruses feed on others. Herbivores destroy generally defenseless plants, predators eat whichever animal is least able to resist... Well, we're predatory as a collective, now. We can prey on everything, so why not?
I'm not against conservation or nature, mind you. I just can't understand the sort of people who want to be involved with nature and still affect no change to it. It's sort of a one or the other thing--either become totally apart from nature and live behind high walls with our crystal spires and togas and shit, or do as animals do and use other creatures and our environment. It's fairly simple.

The mother's diet doesn't change the child's DNA, you morons. What DOES happen is that the child's gene expression is altered.
See, eukaryotes have mechanisms to control whether a gene should be switched on or off (methylation, acetylation, etc.). During embryogenesis, all genes are briefly switched on and many of them just as quickly switched back off. If the mother's diet suggests slim pickings, her hormonal levels will cause the embryo to switch on genes during early development that promote a stingy, efficient metabolism that will allow the child to subsist on less food, but has the unwanted side effect of predisposing it to obesity.