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  • randos shouldn’t (ordinarily) be messing with the plants

    But the meme doesn’t talk about randos.

    It specifically mentions the meme creator seeing someone “cleaning invasives”, implying that all people involved have some level of competence and know what’s going and that there isn’t any reason to pretend to be a blind pirate.



  • I did, even did some additional research trying to clear up ambiguous terms (what’s a “conversation area”?) and looked up rules in another country (US) that was referenced by a less confused person.

    Meme still doesn’t make sense.
    Should even be the complete opposite.
    If you recognize it, report invasive species!

    If there are hidden context clues I missed, please point them out to me, so that I will learn why I am the moron and not some of the others here that post stuff that just don’t make sense given the facts.

    Is the original post perhaps satire of some kind?



  • But in that case, pretending to be a blind prirate makes even less sense!

    From the National Park Service website:

    Report invasive species. Locating invasive species just as they are beginning to invade an area and treating new infestations quickly is a management approach called Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR). In a national park, let a ranger know when you spot invasive species. They will want to know the location (GPS coordinates if possible), the name of the invasive species, when you saw it, and photos of the species.

    So thoroughly note it and report that stuff!


  • ls “conservation land” something special, then?
    English Wikipedia seems not to know it, and dictionary translated it to “Landschaftsschutzgebiet” in my language, which is like the most unprotective “protection” category there is.
    Basically you could even build a huge tourist ressort or industrial complex in one of those if you know what you are doing…









  • Out of interest I extracted the transcript of the video (watching was out of the question, >3 h 😯) and went over the summary.

    Basically three main topics they seem to cover:

    1. String theory in its present form is crap/is sound: Both sides have valid points here, my personal gut-feeling would actually be slightly on the side of the critics (Sabine is not the only one).
    2. Scientific academia has a problem/is good as it is: From my personal experience (I am involved with partly government sponsored research and academic people, but in applied sciences) Sabine might actually has some valid points here. But also no acceptable solutions while being somewhat over the top in her expressions. As mentioned, I tend to ignore that content of her because of that.
    3. Possible financial dependency on billionare oligarchs, possibly influencing her content: Speculation, but could well be. She published some weird stuff a few months ago that could originate there.

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    So, while points 1. and 2. seem nothing to bother about, the third point actually might be something to keep in mind. But this is true for basically all youtubers beyond the hobbyist stage, with some notable exceptions, like the TLDR channel, that try to be as transparent as possible regarding their finances.
    In most cases you just don’t know what hidden agendas exist, mainly because of financial pressures.
    To slightly adept one of Sabine’s statements Dave was criticizing:

    “I don’t trust youtubers.”


  • A, I see.
    It’s mainly about her extreme critics regarding current scientific methods and academic communities?
    I have to confess that I am ignoring these, as I am not involved enough with basic research to assess the validity of her accusations. And I also thought of these videos as being somewhat over the top, too shrill and somewhat overly harsh for my taste.

    I didn’t notice anything questionable in her normal science topics though, e.g. when discussing papers as in my link.
    She always seem to me very grounded and also handles critics well and readily admits errors.