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Re:Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations by Hendrikto on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @04:49AM (#38377154)
> probably good risk management

Is it, though? This data [0] says otherwise.

[0]: http://www.breakingthescience.org/SimplifiedDataFromDHHS.php

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Re:Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations by dotancohen on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @08:11AM (#38378667)
This is an extraordinarily important point to make, especially in light of the GP comment and the perception that it reflects.
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Re:Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations by thegiogi on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:41AM (#38378418)
Did they start collecting data 100k years ago? Cause that is the timescale for this stuff no?
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Re:Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations by jl6 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @10:44AM (#38380745)
That’s one very specific type of risk, and a thankfully rare one. (That also appears to be a men’s rights activist site with an axe to grind on this subject).

A more neutral source:

https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf

… which suggests the opposite (but there’s not much in it).

In terms of broader risks, males commit a clear majority of violent offences and a vast majority of sexual offences.

This isn’t even just a human thing. Male primates (and mammals generally) exhibit more aggressive behavior than females. It’s probably a deep consequence of anisogamous sexual differentiation:

https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169...

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