Pat @Pat@qoto.org

The ability to delay gratification is correlated strongly with success in later life.

#mask #Covid19 #vaccine #CDC #social #distancing

https://rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=4622

Darwin discovers toolmaking among primates

Darwin was surprised to find toolmaking among primates on the Galapagos Islands.

This short video taken by one of the sailors on board the HMS Beagle with his cell phone, shows Pepe, a capuchin monkey who was brought aboard the ship, making a tool as Darwin makes his profound discovery. (Darwin is on the left)

(Note: Most phones in the 19th century could only record black and white video with no sound.)

#TruthBeTold #evolution #monkey #Darwin #Galapagos #animal #intelligence

( full res video at:
https://video.qoto.org/videos/watch/ea338baa-1852-4ac7-a1b5-2231217f8e53 )
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Can you spot the fallacy of this guy's (Caplan's) argument about the so called "vaccine passport"?

The fallacy is probably easy to spot but I can't figure out how to classify it. (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies)

(The release of this video does not violate national security law and is published here under the provisions of 17 U.S.C. § 107.)

Play video:
https://video.qoto.org/videos/embed/a2422c06-ff73-4135-9587-57aa87e22fd0

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populist: n. - a believer in the rights, wisdom, and virtues of the people.
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#ElectionDay #populism #democracy #popularSovereignty #WeThePeople #misunderstoodWords #liberalism

In a previous toot I showed a segment from CSPAN that had the audio pitch lowered and it sounded funny and disturbing.

The problem was with my browser's user agent, which had been set to Windows and Chrome. (My browser is actually FireFox running on Linux) When I changed the user agent back, it fixed the problem.

This is what the video is supposed to sound like. (from the 2021/02/26 show)

#washingtonjournal #USPol
#disturbing
#PutTheLotionInTheBasket

(The release of this video does not violate national security law and is published here under the provisions of 17 U.S.C. § 107.)

Play Video: https://video.qoto.org/videos/embed/1ad86948-c060-4ba1-8efa-996aaa9b44bd

Henry Kissinger is less boring when his voice is sped up...

...as interviewed by Charlie Rose in 2007.

(voice pitch +67%, speed +33%)
#henrykissinger #charlierose #china #NewWorldOrder

https://video.qoto.org/videos/embed/8873a6db-6a04-473f-89c4-1e0970adddb3

Another example of the problem of steaming audio pitch being shifted to an extremely low frequency from a completely different web source than my previous post. (I actually found several streaming sites that did this.)

Solution: The user agent in my browser had been changed to identify it as Win 7, Chrome. My browser is actually FireFox, Linux. (I had changed it in an attempt to get a misbehaving website to work and forgot to change it back.) The sites probably assumed I was using a different player or they used an incorrect audio codec.

#audio #pitch #codec
#PutTheLotionInTheBasket

(posted as plain text toot with attached image)

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Just two hours after the landing of the Perseverance rover on the planet, NASA believes they already have strong indications of life on Mars.

#perseverance #mars #NASA #JPL #Martin #RayWalston

Congratulations to the folks at JPL and NASA for a successful landing of the Perseverance rover in the Jezero crater on Mars.

#perseverance #image #mars #nasa #jpl #DerrickPitts

This article explains how Neil deGrasse Tyson taught his daughter critical thinking skills using the tooth fairy:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/202012/fight-misinformation-we-must-think-scientists

#CriticalThinking #reason #science #experiment #myth #facts

The truth is...

Avril Lavigne is not in the presidential line of succession because she was born in Canada.

#TruthBeTold
#Complicated #Senate #hearing #Girlfriend #succession #theoretical #physics
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An ousted puppet leader attempts to seek exile in his sponsoring country...

#immigration #poetic #justice #45to46 #USA #Russia #insurrection #blowback

(Note: The violence depicted in this video is intended to be interpreted metaphorically and symbolically. The publisher of this toot does not endorse or condone the initiation of violence in any way. The release of this video does not violate national security law and is published here under the provisions of 17 U.S.C. § 107.)

The truth is...

Damocles never flew on an airplane.

#TruthBeTold #HorseHair #Dethrone #Cicero #232-197
(First published Dec. 23, 2019)

The truth is...

It's unknown whether the naked mole-rat can pass the mirror test because no ethics committee will approve the experiment due to the potential for psychological #trauma to the test subjects.

#TruthBeTold #IACUC #psychology #animals #IntelligenceTest
(first published Feb. 17, 2020)

Here's a video of Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi discussing the intricacies of the 25th Amendment, impeachment and the presidential line of succession.

***This is the first time this video has been released since the coup attempt.***

#25A #USA #impeachment #sardonic #TruthBeTold

(Note: The release of this video does not violate national security law and is published here under the provisions of 17 U.S.C. § 107.)

A flashlight that points down is more blue than when it is pointing up.

#pound #momentum #bebka #TruthBeTold
(org. pub date: Aug. 29, 2020)
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#truthbetold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or mostly true), but seems to imply something that isn't true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies... or just for fun)

The truth is...

No cameras were allowed in the #Pennsylvania State House when the Declaration of Independence was signed, so there are no pics or videos of the event.

#DeclarationofIndependence #TruthBeTold #History #photography (I first published this toot on Oct 25, 2019)
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The truth is...

Abraham Lincoln's famous fireside chats were never heard in his home state of Illinois because no radio stations broadcast them in that state.

#TruthBeTold #history #radio #civilwar #FDR

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The truth is...

Since 1931, fewer than 1,800 people have walked on the moon.

#TruthBeTold #moonlanding #nasa
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#truthbetold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or mostly true), but seems to imply something that isn't true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies... or just for fun)