Maybe time to think about life choices then?

It is really tricky to genuinely discuss this topic. Many omnivores use this as a straw man argument to discredit vegans for not being fully consequential. On top of that, reasons for being vegan and where people draw the line also vary hugely.

Anyways, I would argue that eating plants and also fungi is very different to eating animal products. First of all, if you are vegan for ethical reasons (as I am) then usually the argument is that one can infer from one's own feelings onto other animals. Sure, this isn't always that easy and we will never know how other animals really feel. This includes fellow humans btw. But it is certainly very definitive that many animals feel pain, discomfort and many other emotions not unlike we feel them.

Plants and fungi on the other hand have completely different body plans. Plants are modular organisms and you simply cannot relate cutting your arm off with cutting a branch. We may deepen our understanding on plants and maybe we will find some form of conscience one day. But this is still far off and for now we can only speculate. Fungi are very different as well and we usually just eat their fruiting bodies anyways.

Secondly, as someone else pointed out, for ecological reasons and for the sheer quantity that is necessary to sustain humans, going vegan is always the better choice. Animals live on plants, too, and just use a lot of the plants' energy on their own metabolism.

Well bees are definitely objectified and seen as industrialized honey producing machines. They're starved of their own resources and are given mostly sugar water in return. Bee keepers are not concerned with their well-being other than for production yields. It is a form of factory farming. Isn't this reason enough?

Wow, this is really neat!! I tried getting into vim some years ago but never managed to get it working smoothly with latex like this. But this looks really great!

Oh yeah, that brings up memories. We had to do the same experiments in genetics lab, too. I'll never forget the smell of fruit flies :/

Considering the "milk" that the mushrooms of this genus produce it is a good name. And this particular one is really delicious! :)

Well, they actually do have their ecological roles and it is always a hard decision if one should interfere on such a large scale with biological systems. We might think that we understand it, but it could be totally wrong. Really hard to predict. Mosquitoes are an important food source for other animals and are also pollinators.

This is fucking amazing!!! :O

Respekt an die Person, die das Interview mit diesem unsympathischen Typen geführt hat. Aber es ist schon heftig, was der am laufenden Band für eine Scheiße raushaut. Und dann noch dieses über sich selbst sagt:

SPIEGEL: Haben Sie sich als junger Mensch politisch engagiert? Gottschalk: Ich wollte nie die Welt verbessern. Ich bin nie auf die Barrikaden gegangen oder auf Friedensdemos. Ich habe nicht geglaubt, dass etwas anders wird, nur weil ich mich dazu bekenne. SPIEGEL: Wollen Sie mit Ihrem Buch etwas erreichen? Gottschalk: Möglichst viele Exemplare verkaufen. Ich habe es jedenfalls nicht geschrieben, damit die Gesellschaft eine bessere wird. SPIEGEL: Also geht es Ihnen nur um sich? Gottschalk: Es geht mir immer um mich. Jedem Menschen sollte es um sich gehen.

Hahaha lol!

Alternatively this will teach you all that you need to know about sodium as well.

Wow, intense!!

Staffed with 18 to 20 crew members, including pilots and scientists, a normal hurricane reconnaissance or research mission can last from 9–10 hours, while a surveillance ("fix" mission) mission will typically last 8 hours,

Wow, I initially thought that she spontaneously chose her caretaker as a mating partner, but the process was apparently much more involved!

In September 2004, Walnut arrived at NZCBI’s Virginia campus, where scientists regularly breed cranes that have behavioral or physical limitations by using assisted reproduction techniques, including artificial insemination. By observing and mimicking how NZCBI’s male white-naped cranes interacted with their mates during breeding season, bird keeper Chris Crowe gained Walnut’s elusive trust. He pair-bonded with her by flapping his arms in a manner similar to the species’ unison dance, offered her nesting materials and brought her food. Once she was receptive to breeding, Crowe was able to use sperm collected from a male crane to artificially inseminate Walnut without the need for physical restraint.

Really cute though how the caretaker was valuing their bond:

“Walnut was a unique individual with a vivacious personality,” Crowe said. “She was always confident in expressing herself, an eager and excellent dancer, and stoic in the face of life’s challenges. I’ll always be grateful for her bond with me. Walnut’s extraordinary story has helped bring attention to her vulnerable species’ plight. I hope that everyone who was touched by her story understands that her species’ survival depends on our ability and desire to protect wetland habitats.”

Nope, that's not how the definition of a tree works. Look at swednek's definition in the comments: it is a woody trunk with branches. There are many other plants you could make toothpicks out of (e.g. that are woody) that aren't trees. For example, shrubs and lianas.

Haha yeah. The thing is, I'm a biologist so I felt misrepresented in this meme ;)

Well, it is certainly a sign of good critical thinking skills to ask a question like this! And thanks to you I actually had a look at the study itself :)

The difference is between having absolute knowledge or being limited in our knowledge (like we will always be). We cannot fully explain human behavior by genetics and neurobiology. Biologists who say otherwise are not serious scientists. There is a lot of bullshit in neuroscience that gets projected onto the brain and that gets debunked some years later.

You are posing a different question though. The argument in the meme is that all behavior is explainable through genetics and neurobiology. This would be true for someone with absolute knowledge, but no biologist is able to fully explain human (and most other animals') behavior by genetics and neurobiology.

Regarding your question: the building blocks and involved factors might be simple, but you can still have synergies at play that are not fully described by the basic level parameters.

Nur 6 Prozent des Umsatzes stammt von Millenials (27 bis 41) und der noch jüngeren iBrains (12 bis 26).

Wer sagt denn bitte iBrains und wer hat sich diesen scheußlichen Namen ausgedacht? Warum nicht wie alle gen z sagen?

I don't think this is a majority opinion in biology though. Especially not regarding humans.

If you look at the study you can see that they also had a treatment of black stripes on black cows to control for just that:

The cows were assigned to treatments using a 3 × 3 Latin-square design. The treatments consisted of black-and-white painted stripes (B&W), black painted stripes (B), and no stripes (CONT) as a control (Fig 1).