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AZJonnie

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5. Unevolved. Exactly. Reptilian brains.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:01 AM

11 hrs ago

Not many reptile species express behavior we'd associate with sentient cooperation between members of the same species, not even as much as many fish that evolved before them. So, I think reptiles make good analogy for the greedmongers of the species homo sapiens.

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Some numbers regarding the Bezos destruction of the Washington Post: [View all] dgauss 13 hrs ago OP

3% of 350 billion is about 10 billion, not 100 million. You mean 0.03%. nt eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #1

Holy shit you're right, Worse than I thought with my hasty math. dgauss 13 hrs ago #2

Indeed. 0.03% is an acceptable rounding error for most purposes. eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #4

Despite their billions canetoad 13 hrs ago #3

Unevolved. Exactly. Reptilian brains. AZJonnie 11 hrs ago #5