# Pitting Honeybadger **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183 "2018-03-07T15:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/721 "2023-11-21T17:04:49Z")
> **[Our Brains Have More in Common With Testicles Than You Ever Wanted to Know](https://www.sciencealert.com/brains-and-testicles-have-more-in-common-with-one-another-than-you-ever-really-wanted-to-know)** > > That delightful saying about men thinking with their nether regions has gained a new meaning. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/722 "2023-11-21T17:11:40Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > The pearl divers of Ama Japan would be an interesting thing to look at on this topic. Given your seminal ~~theory~~ ~~hypothesis~~ baseless assertion I believe this would only apply to pearl necklace divers. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/723 "2023-11-21T17:14:52Z")
Which supports you how exactly? Show your work. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/724 "2023-11-21T17:26:19Z")
duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/725 "2023-11-21T17:26:47Z")
> **[Best Green Bean Casserole](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/18379/best-green-bean-casserole/)** > > This green bean casserole pairs tender green beans with crunchy French-fried onions in creamy cheese sauce. A family-favorite recipe for the holidays! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/726 "2023-11-21T18:58:32Z")
I still don’t get how the Time Cube factors into all this. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/727 "2023-11-21T19:03:59Z")
Here you go, it’s like Time Cube but better: [TempleOS](https://templeos.org/) > **[TempleOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS)** > > TempleOS (formerly J Operating System, LoseThos, and SparrowOS) is a biblical-themed lightweight operating system (OS) designed to be the Third Temple prophesied in the Bible. It was created by American programmer Terry A. Davis, who developed it alone over the course of a decade after a series of manic episodes that he later described as a revelation from God. > The system was characterized as a modern x86-64 Commodore 64, using an interface similar to a mixture of DOS and Turbo C. Davis procla... ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/728 "2023-11-21T19:08:16Z")
This article made me sad, I can’t even laugh about it: > **[Man killed by train had tech following](https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/thedalleschronicle/news/man-killed-by-train-had-tech-following/article_1f03fc0d-c223-5f20-a915-460fce4299f1.html)** > > A man killed by a train in The Dalles in mid-August had a Youtube following and was a “minor celebrity” in the computer world for doing the Herculean task of Seriously a tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/729 "2023-11-21T20:56:27Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > The pearl divers of Ama Japan would be an interesting thing to look at on this topic. Could they really have evolved in the amount of time given on just pure genetics? Why do you think the Pearl divers of AMA Japan have “evolved” differently from their non-Pearl diving counterparts. Is it because they can tolerate cold and hold their breath longer than most people? It seems to me like it’s largely a matter of being trained to do these things from an early age, combined with some community selection………women that are good at holding their breath and tolerating cold become pearls divers, those that aren’t pick another way of earning a living in the community. Same with the American Indian communities that specialize in steelwork……it’s not that the balance skills and lack of fear of heights are evolved traits, they are simply taught from a very early age. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/730 "2023-11-21T21:00:36Z")
Well they supposedly have larger spleens which release more oxygen into the blood ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/731 "2023-11-21T21:08:15Z")
Shockingly, that isn’t actually as stupid as it sounds. [https://www.science.org/content/article/indonesian-divers-have-evolved-bigger-spleens-hunt-underwater](https://www.science.org/content/article/indonesian-divers-have-evolved-bigger-spleens-hunt-underwater) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/732 "2023-11-21T21:24:52Z")
I thought my enlarged spleen was a disease process now I find I have new job opportunities. Yay me! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/733 "2023-11-22T00:58:19Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Why did you randomly post a definition of Sertoli Cells? Because science is naught but a game of dominoes, don’t you know? After all, a fact’s a fact’s a fact. You cannot point to the random fact he’s posted and truthfully say, “Hey, that’s not a fact!” Oddly enough, now posting facts is still not an improvement over his usual behavior. > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > How the fuck do you think you can establish there is a possibility _and_ gloss over the entire biological process AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME??? It’s Schrödinger’s science! ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/734 "2023-11-22T03:48:36Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > How the fuck do you think you can establish there is a possibility _and_ gloss over the entire biological process AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME??? Those are your words not mine. I said I had no real need for all the details at this stage of the conversation. I just needed enough to establish a link for now. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/735 "2023-11-22T12:21:09Z")
Holy fucking shit. Today he posted that both the brain and the testes send out “signals” that the other will be exposed to, so they must be related. Tell me you’ve never heard of the endocrine system without telling me you’ve never heard of the endocrine system. People who know absolutely nothing about biology really shouldn’t be speculating about how traits are inherited. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/736 "2023-11-22T12:32:35Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I just needed enough to establish a link for now. In other words, you have a pre-existing belief in the truth of the nonsensical horseshit barfed up by your defective brain, and you aren’t asking questions in search of discussion and enlightenment, you are simply seeking confirmation. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/737 "2023-11-22T12:39:43Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > People who know absolutely nothing about biology really shouldn’t be speculating about how traits are inherited. > [@Cervaise](#): > > In other words, you have a pre-existing belief in the truth of the nonsensical horseshit As I said above, it’s Schrödinger’s science. A real scientist looks at the evidence, analyzes it, and hypothesizes what that evidence indicates and calls it science. HBDC, on the other hand, gathers evidence, **does not look at it** , does not analyze it, but still spews that it means some “nonsensical horseshit”, and calls it science. And when he gets called on that, he gets offended. What the hey. I had “just a bit” of assistance from an AI assistant on this. {To the tune of _Yankee Doodle_} 🎶 _(Verse 1) A fellow came to town one day Believed in things that made no sense He thought he knew the scientific way But his knowledge was so immense_ _(Chorus) Oh, he thinks he knows science well But he’s just a fool, can’t you see? He mixes up his facts, oh what a sell And calls it science, oh dear me!_ _(Verse 2) He’d talk of atoms and quantum things But couldn’t tell you what they meant He’d use big words that had no wings And called it hypothesis, oh how bent!_ _(Chorus) Oh, he thinks he knows science well But he’s just a fool, can’t you see? He mixes up his facts, oh what a sell And calls it hypothesis, oh dear me!_ _(Verse 3) He’d argue theories with no foundation And claim they were proven right But his understanding was just a creation And called it evidence, oh what a sight!_ _(Chorus) Oh, he thinks he knows science well But he’s just a fool, can’t you see? He mixes up his facts, oh what a sell And calls it evidence, oh dear me!_ _(Verse 4) He’d debate with experts, all so wise But his arguments were full of holes He thought he could see through their lies And called it science, oh how it rolls!_ _(Chorus) Oh, he thinks he knows science well But he’s just a fool, can’t you see? He mixes up his facts, oh what a sell And calls it science, oh dear me!_ _(Verse 5) So let’s learn from this misguided soul And seek knowledge with a humble heart For science is a quest for truth, a noble goal And calling it science is just the start!_ _(Chorus) Oh, he thought he knew science well But he was just a fool, couldn’t you see? He mixed up his facts, oh what a sell And called it science, oh dear me!_ 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/738 "2023-11-22T13:18:56Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I just needed enough to establish a link for now. What you needed was enough information to establish, or eliminate the possibility of, the link you have proposed between the brain, hormones, and the passing of genetic traits. The brain is linked to everything in your body, that’s not special or interesting. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/739 "2023-11-22T13:24:31Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > The brain is linked to everything in your body, that’s not special or interesting. As I pointed out in my post the connection here is unique. Unlike other organs in the body the blood brain barrier exists here. Besides that, this is already an accepted field of study. Idiots like yourself and other regulars her in the pit have no interest or consideration for quiet lurkers who come here just to browse conversations. I have to wonder how many lurkers we have that are afraid to make a comment because the school yard bullies with the mentality of a bunch of hyenas are just waiting top pounce. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/740 "2023-11-22T13:34:54Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > . Unlike other organs in the body the blood brain barrier exists here. > **[Blood–retinal barrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93retinal_barrier)** > > The blood–retinal barrier, or the BRB, is part of the blood–ocular barrier that consists of cells that are joined tightly together to prevent certain substances from entering the tissue of the retina. It consists of non-fenestrated capillaries of the retinal circulation and tight-junctions between retinal epithelial cells preventing passage of large molecules from choriocapillaris into the retina. > The blood retinal barrier has two components: the retinal vascular endothelium and the retinal pigm... > **[Blood–air barrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93air_barrier)** > > The blood–air barrier or air–blood barrier, (alveolar–capillary barrier or membrane) exists in the gas exchanging region of the lungs. It exists to prevent air bubbles from forming in the blood, and from blood entering the alveoli. It is formed by the type I pneumocytes of the alveolar wall, the endothelial cells of the capillaries and the basement membrane between. The barrier is permeable to molecular oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and many other gases. > This blood–air barrier is extre... > **[Blood–ocular barrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93ocular_barrier)** > > The blood–ocular barrier is a barrier created by endothelium of capillaries of the retina and iris, ciliary epithelium and retinal pigment epithelium. It is a physical barrier between the local blood vessels and most parts of the eye itself, and stops many substances including drugs from traveling across it. Inflammation can break down this barrier allowing drugs and large molecules to penetrate into the eye. As the inflammation subsides, this barrier usually returns. > It consists of the followin... > **[Blood–saliva barrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93saliva_barrier)** > > The blood–saliva barrier (BSB) is a biological barrier that consists of the epithelial cell layers of the oral mucosa and salivary glands, and provides physiological separation between blood vessels and the saliva in the oral cavity. In Russian academic literature the barrier is usually called the hematosalivary or hematosalivarian barrier. > The blood–saliva barrier is primarily formed by the endothelial cells lining the blood vessels and the epithelial cells lining the oral mucosa, and also has ... > **[Blood–thymus barrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93thymus_barrier)** > > The blood–thymus barrier regulates exchange of substances between the circulatory system and thymus, providing a sequestered environment for immature T cells to develop. The barrier also prevents the immature T cells from contacting foreign antigens (since contact with antigens at this stage will cause the T cells to die by apoptosis). > The barrier is formed by the continuous blood capillaries in the thymic cortex, reinforced by type 1 epithelial reticular cells (sometimes called thymic epithelia... > **[Blood–spinal cord barrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93spinal_cord_barrier)** > > The blood–spinal cord barrier (BSCB) is a semipermeable anatomical interface that consists of the specialized small blood vessels that surround the spinal cord. While similar to the blood–brain barrier in function and morphology, it is physiologically independent and has several distinct characteristics. The BSCB is involved in many disorders affecting the central nervous system, including neurodegenerative diseases, pain disorders, and traumatic spinal cord injury. In conjunction with the bl Th... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183.md?page=38)