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Honestly, this is just the same as playing what if in history, its fun but completely impossible to actually predict. You have no idea what turns will come in the future and for what reasons. I'd bet my life savings that Constantine wasn't sitting there saying "I bet there will be a 2.0", but it happened. I was more just playing devil's advocate, but I will try to respond all the same. I agree it is a longshot but will try. Why are homosapiens here and not neanderthals. They are 99.7% genetically the same. So I would have to argue their thoughts is what really separated them. Homo sapiens colonized the earth, and neanderthals are typically found north of a certain latitude. One was rigid in their ways and found extinction because they could no longer adapt. The other was flexible and changed with the times and environment. Tengrism - "We believe that there is only one God, by whom we live and by whom we die, and for whom we have an upright heart. But as God gives us the different fingers of the hand, so he gives to men diverse ways to approach him." ("Account of the Mongols. Diary of William Rubruck" - I respect the religion because they respected others. I don't know much about the inward practices of the religion, but they taught respect of others. I have read a small amount about it, and I like its summarized form. I agree the religion is currently failing.

The pieces do not fit together at all and this really bothers me. The Syrian/Russian reports say little to 0 deaths, with most missiles hitting the same spot on a runway. Maybe he tried to bribe the Neo - Cons with some warmongering to get Gorsuch in? Otherwise this is such a strange move because of public backlash. Maybe he is hoping people start calling their congressmen and senators all day and night? Would be an odd bet to place from a rational point of view... I dunno, my brain had to make up something...

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change." - Darwin I see Islam the most rigid of those listed, and therefore the most likely to fail. I would love to see the return of Tengriism, and it is happening in some small parts of Asia. Just because a religion is high or low on the population charts right now, means nothing.

"Thus, the unprecedented increase in brain size that hominids embarked on around 1.8 million years ago had to be paid for with added calories either taken in or diverted from some other function in the body. Many anthropologists think the key breakthrough was adding meat to the diet. Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-fire-makes-us-human-72989884/#MsuJ5VfpDL6AqlC7.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter" That is from the article you linked.... Yes cooking is extremely important for to pull nutrients from the food we eat (meat or veggie).

Define your unmet potential Are you unhappy by your own standards, or by what you feel society expects of you? Short term money - Work in the food industry, flexible schedule and can earn enough to support a modest life. Can move up to bar tending or management. The skill set learned in this industry is amazing too. Jobs are nearly limitless. The schedule will allow you to go to school or find a passion. Since you lack motivation, you are going to need to do something you care about. There is no way to "fake" motivation. If you are unhappy, only you are going to get yourself out. If you are looking for the outside world to make you happy, you won't be happy often. Standing on your own two feet is a good place to start. If some one is providing things so you stay afloat, it isn't helping you. (house, food, car, income, phone, anything....) I've been to rock bottom, it is a strangely liberating and eye opening experience. If you met the perfect girl and she "wasn't where she should be in life", you wouldn't ask her out? Don't let it stop you.

Well I would like to say I have been red pilled in the last year or two, and what a strange ride it has been. Before I go into the story I suppose some backstory would be proper... If you don't want/need to backstory, skip to -The Red Pill- My name is Garrett, I live in the amazing state of Texas, and am 31 years old. I have been very lucky be surrounded by loving family and amazing friends from an early age. I disliked public schooling growing up, but was always interested in learning. I was a pretty active kid despite my passion for video gaming. I played baseball, basketball, soccer, and spent a good deal of time running around outside with toy guns and whatnot. In my teenage years I got heavily involved in soccer, and grew even more opposed to public schooling. Being stubborn runs in my family, so once I became a teenager it was Clash of the Titans within the family. To put it in a nutshell, my dad is pretty authoritative, and I was a rebelling stubborn teen. While I don't think the best choices were always made, I know my parents only wanted what was best. Honestly this is why I so strongly believe you can only guide people, forcing behavior doesn't work. It provoked the opposite response in me and I consider myself a rational person. Anyways I digress... Made to Highschool and hit a new low for disgust of public schooling. I'll just say this, my history teacher was a coach who taught us more about cow tipping than history. In fact I would even argue he taught us no history, as it was just reading the book and doing multiple choice worksheets. What makes me really angry is I passed most tests with high scores, but because I didn't do homework I ended up failing a great deal of courses. I am sorry but I have proven competency in a subject by passing the test, I shouldn't fail the course because I didn't do the busy work to gain said knowledge. I have good memory and tend to excel in math and science, so navigating a test was always fairly easy if I payed attention while in the classroom. I graduated on time due a thing called PLADO lab, where you take your classes on a computer. I wish they would of just let me do that from the start, I would of been out of Highschool in less than a year. I had held a job from 4th grade to 10th as a soccer referee. My father was VP of the association so that is where I had learned of it. I would wake up early Saturday and Sunday to be the line ref for the games my father was the center ref. I learned the value of money early on and highly encourage allowing your kids to earn their things. My best friend was spoiled, and he lives paycheck to paycheck on 35k take home being single. From age 16 and on I have mostly worked in the food industry. I tried to go straight to college but still had such a distaste for school I dropped out before the semester was over. I moved out of the house, worked full time, and drank a lot of alcohol. I don't remember the exact age, but early-mid 20's I asked my parents to return home so I could go to school full time. They shockingly allowed it, and I returned to a local community college. I knocked down 2 years on the Dean's list, and it really re-ignited my passion for learning. I had absolutely wonderful teachers, including a fantastic philosophy teacher who had read every book on earth as far as I am concerned. I sadly didn't appreciate his knowledge as much as I would now, but still loved his class. I actually wanted to stay another year to explore some fields of study, but was forced to attend a 4 year college due obtaining my Associates. Basically if I wanted to stay there I wouldn't received any federal aid. I am on my own in paying for college, and my sister graduated with 100k in loans, so I was concerned about debt. I got to UTA (University of Texas at Arlington) intending to major in Physics. Man....this was such a slap in the face. Most of the teachers of my major, English was not their primary language. Some of them are even difficult to understand. When you start getting into advanced math and science..... I kind of need to understand the teacher.... I have another close friend of me at the time who was working on his doctorates, and man the BS doesn't stop in the classroom. There is so much red tape involved in science, and I was so naive. I will just say on that note, science could achieve SO MUCH MORE if individuals didn't have to keep their bodies of work separate in order to apply for funding. I have personally seen so many labs in different schools, that if they were combined could probably do 100x more work, and better quality work. So I got really frustrated with school, dropped out a year from my Bachelors and never looked back. I did try to join the Air Force to work in some form of aerospace, but extremely long story short my recruiter wouldn't sign a waiver to let me in. I got a 95 overall on the ASVAB and was stunned they didn't want me. No, I don't have any criminal history. -The Red Pill- So for the juicy part! Lets start by saying two years ago I would of voted for Bernie. I bought into his bullshit because it sounds good and I was uneducated in the realm of politics. Probably more importantly, I didn't have a big picture view of history. I actually had decent knowledge of events in history, but not great understanding of why certain things happened. So lets all thank the fake news, particularly the ad hominem, because it exposed me to their irrationality. I watched the debates. I watched the speeches. I watched the congressional hearings. So watching reality, and seeing what the papers were saying, I just had to get into the weeds. The end result of the research was socialism is bad, Hillary should be in prison, and the media CANNOT be trusted. I understood before that large government wasn't good, but didn't really connect the dots that socialism is the expansion of the government. Lots of misinformation out there and labels have been contorted. Stefan you were a large step in my education, and have directed it further in other areas. Sincerely, thank you!

https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#_locale_id=en;&chart-type=bubbles So this is some really fun data to play around with, and its a fantastic body of work done. My point in linking it shows that once countries move to a democratic system, with free trade and western values, their income and average lifespan skyrocket up the chart. From my knowledge, none of those countries that skyrocket up the charts have some totalitarian form of government. People must be free for a society to prosper. Going to a monarchy in any form, I would argue, is a step backwards for mankind. It took us thousands of years to come up with the model that is the United States. Sadly the only reason I think things are starting to get goofy here is because we are ignoring the ground work laid by our brilliant founding fathers. While I would agree agree democratic systems have been largely corrupted across much of the world, I don't think it would be better with a king in charge. At least lots of people have to mess up to make bad choices for a country now. Maybe you think consolidation of power is the only way to save Europe now, and I could get on board with that idea maybe. I really cannot agree with Monarchy in any form is a great idea for society as a whole in 99% of situations. Kings are only chosen by God? The "Divine right of kings" want even written about until the 1500s, and wasn't openly practiced until the 1600s. I mean we are getting close to modern democracy being formed at this point when divine right actually became an openly discussed and practiced idea.

I am no expert on this subject but I do have some fragmented knowledge and experience I want to share. "BERKELEY-- Human ancestors who roamed the dry and open savannas of Africa about 2 million years ago routinely began to include meat in their diets to compensate for a serious decline in the quality of plant foods, according to a physical anthropologist at the University of California, Berkeley. It was this new meat diet, full of densely-packed nutrients, that provided the catalyst for human evolution, particularly the growth of the brain, said Katharine Milton, an authority on primate diet." - (source: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/99legacy/6-14-1999a.html) While studies have shown benefits to certain aspects of health for certain diets, no one has a holistic answer. With a completely engineered diet and likely selected candidates they can prove a benefit. I would hope so.... Going on pure speculation I also think a lot of processing that goes on with food causes a lot of the problems with consuming it. It is not in its natural form or even close, such as "enriched" flour. I have a few diabetics at work that can eat the bread that is freshly made and baked, but tell me eating bread from a store will destroy their insulin levels. I have been told by my doctor that "I must have immaculate dietary health" (had lots of blood work done). I have worked in the food industry for a little over 15 years, and have a regular diet of fresh meat and bread. I would argue that eating foods closer to the way they are in nature, fresh and/or unprocessed, is probably the best holistic dietary choice you can make. Mind the food groups and don't overeat one category. In general avoid unnatural sugars, and avoid fast food. This is my view and it has served me well. I am 31 and have nearly boundless energy.