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Climate Change Is Shrinking Human Brains, New Study Claims
Tech Times ^ | June 25, 2023 | by John Lopez

Posted on 06/26/2023 5:40:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The size of the brain is frequently associated with intellect. A new study has revealed a surprising correlation between climate change and the size of the human brain.

As PsyPost reports, this study delves into the hypothesis that the environmental strain induced by climate change is responsible for the observed decline in brain size.

These discoveries provide insights into the evolutionary challenges encountered by contemporary humans over the last 15,000 years and raise concerns regarding the potential consequences of ongoing global warming on our cognitive capacities.

The study, led by Jeff Morgan Stibel, a cognitive scientist, represents a notable advancement in our comprehension of the evolution of the human brain.

(Excerpt) Read more at techtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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To: meadsjn

Pro Basketball is the sport of thoroughbreds


21 posted on 06/26/2023 5:53:38 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bwahaha!!!


22 posted on 06/26/2023 5:53:41 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Or maybe stupid people breed a lot.


23 posted on 06/26/2023 5:53:41 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow. What CAN’T Climate Chage/Global Warming do!? This is hugh and series.


24 posted on 06/26/2023 5:54:59 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
There's yur sign....


25 posted on 06/26/2023 6:00:42 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: bert
that we are incapable of duplicating here and now

We could likely duplicate them, but why would we want to?

Monuments of stone with near zero utility to produce anything. Some might have been decent calendar calculators...

Our works are much more impressive.

26 posted on 06/26/2023 6:02:05 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think it is far more likely that, if anything is shrinking human brains, it is social media and the “entertainment” industry.


27 posted on 06/26/2023 6:04:06 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: drwoof

Climate Change: Is there anything it CAN’T do?

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It’s amazing all the bad things that “climate change” does, and all the good things it hurts.
Right down the line. Hundreds and hundreds of headlines I see, and every single one of them consistently attributes negative effects to “climate change”.

But noooooo.... It’s not propaganda!


28 posted on 06/26/2023 6:04:37 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: RoosterRedux

“It sure seemed to shrink the brains of Al Gore, John Kerry, and St. Greta of Thunberg.”

What little they had to begin with.


29 posted on 06/26/2023 6:06:18 AM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: drwoof

I may have to start watching The Simpsons again.


30 posted on 06/26/2023 6:07:21 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Required for informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shrinking brains?

Yes, it’s true. But, only for the zombies that believe in this religion.


32 posted on 06/26/2023 6:08:31 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Firs sentence:

“The size of the brain is frequently associated with intellect.”

I thought that hypothesis was disproven a long time ago.


33 posted on 06/26/2023 6:08:55 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Required for informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is just plain silly on its face. What type of “climate change” shrinks the brain? Getting hotter? Getting colder? Or is just the swings in temperature? If that is the case, then brains should always be shrinking.


34 posted on 06/26/2023 6:09:48 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
These measurements helped estimate the size of the brain. The researchers then compared these estimates with four climate records, including temperature data from EPICA Dome C, which goes back around 810,000 years.

Scientists are basing their brain size theory on data that goes back 810,000 years???

35 posted on 06/26/2023 6:11:20 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LIBERALISM is shrinking human brains!


36 posted on 06/26/2023 6:11:26 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s not a very nice thing to say about people whose origins are from warmer places.


37 posted on 06/26/2023 6:11:40 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More like Shrunken brains believe in climate change.


38 posted on 06/26/2023 6:12:32 AM PDT by paintriot (Die with your boots on )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am waiting for the inevitable “peer reviewed research” showing that wearing masks reduces anthropogenic greenhouse gases...


39 posted on 06/26/2023 6:12:37 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Belief is anthropogenic climate change is a useful indicator of a shrinking brain, yes. :)


40 posted on 06/26/2023 6:13:19 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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