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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by Retric on Saturday January 18, 2025 @02:13PM (#42750618)
> totally circular reasoning that could be used to prove anything.

No, you can attack the reasoning by looking into actual costs. It seems like it can explain anything because we don’t constantly see examples where it’s false.

Looking at the costs to bees you see what percentage of them die from attacking mammal flesh and yep it’s a tiny rounding error.

Hypothetically, in a world without constraints mice could have a 100 foot long teeth, but we don’t live in a world without constraints.

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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by xyzzy_plugh on Saturday January 18, 2025 @05:57PM (#42752103)
> Hypothetically, in a world without constraints mice could have a 100 foot long teeth

Oh boy, today's the day you learn something new about rodents.

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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by stavros on Saturday January 18, 2025 @06:11PM (#42752188)
What, the fact that their teeth can grow so long that they'll circle around and stab their brains?
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