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I'm leaving this here as a closed example of how not to write an OP. Please analyze the issue first yourself; show you understand it and make an effor...

(+"Magnificent sperm" and "Magnificent spermatogenesis" = zero results).

With the greatest respect, your attempt at sarcasm falls short of the commonly accepted standard this side of the pond, but I hear what you say, of co...

Anything I've ever read on this has tended towards describing the production and loss of sperm in negative terms as wasteful and women's production of...

It's not a warning. You haven't done anything to require being warned. It's simply that some of those who express similar concerns to the ones you pre...

If questioning the mods were not tolerated, there wouldn't be a feedback category. Plus, the guidelines specifically state that mods can not only be q...

We knew you would. :wink:

Sorry about that part btw. We're not out to hurt anyone's feelings. It's a simple matter of practicality that we often don't have time to write explan...

We just don't have the manpower to personally teach people the basics of writing OPs tbh. We've written a few instructions in the guidelines on the fr...

@"Janis" I deleted it. It contained no philosophy or anything discernibly scientific etc. It consisted of a claim that someone made an important disco...

Certainly having a fertility rate below the replacement level leaves you with the clear choice of either heading off a demographic cliff when your hig...

I'll try it. Willing it to fail now, so I can potentially eliminate that possibility. :nerd: The quote button btw appears wherever I release the mouse...

I've also had difficulty with the quote function at times. But directional dragging doesn't seem to be the issue in my case. Or at least both directio...

Well, we haven't revived it yet but I'll keep you posted.

No worries, Amity. And if you do come up with an article, run it by us. :up:

I fixed it. It was just a missing square bracket.

My method has been to write the first lines, which usually just pop into my head, and then pull on that thread and see where it goes. Not much help as...

Well, we could certainly do with more philosophy on the imagination and creativity. It's a neglected area. I'm more likely to come up with the short s...

Yes, I was giving advice specifically regarding academic writing, which would cover the article in question. As for "creative writing" per se, a diffe...

If you Google "Paul Baden book" you'll see the names of some of the stuff I self-published. I recently unself-published though, so I could submit my s...

I agree. I've written four books of fiction. None of which followed those rules because art is a different deal. But you can be creative within the co...

Scientific accuracy sacrificed at the altar of a dick joke. David Attenborough would not approve.

You mean more than usual... ? What happened?

1) They need to be pretty good to be published. 2) We don't promote the articles section enough. 3) It takes a fair degree of commitment and effort to...

...yep. Nearly did though replying to your last post. We safe now? :razz:

Nice cross post. :D

FYI all @"ArguingWAristotleTiff"'s account issue has been solved. :up:

Good idea. Well, you are an author, of fifty posts. And at its most basic, the process is no different to what you've been doing thus far. It's having...

Well, it's not really an either/or is it? As they became more domesticated the junglefowl became progressively less adept at flying due to the pressur...

You can't glide upwards from a stationary position. Flight requires a sustained independent means of lift.

Let us all bow once more at the altar of Google.

It didn't. We did. Chickens were domesticated and bred for being fat. They became too relatively heavy for their wings to carry them more than very sh...

Sorry @"Willows" but the "interesting stuff" super-category is not to be interpreted as "random stuff". It's for serious politics/current affairs/scie...

So sayeth the illustrious Google, knower of all things galline.

Minimally, although dropping one from a great height is more likely to result in chicken soup than flying chicken.

Your efforts at composition and manipulation of avaliable light sources have appropriately paid off in expressing the impression there was snow and so...

Put another way, the only thing that can ever be "proved" (or at least demonstrated as scientifically likely using an appropriate confidence interval)...

Generally what such statistical studies measure are the behaviours of a contextualized group of a larger group e.g. Black men between the ages of 20 a...

You don't get to have a high IQ at your own set of particular skills. IQ is by definition a standardised form of measurement. You either score well or...

Happy New Year all :party: Commiserations, mate. :sad:

It's no more mysterious than driving a car and being aware you're driving a car. Who's driving the car and who's observing the car being driven? You, ...

It appears to be part of a project of hyper-instrumentalization and depersonalization of social reality through an attack on individuality and personh...

:up: Absolutely not. Modern China is run officially as a socialist market economy, but is effectively (according to many) a form of state capitalism. ...

Or maybe consider doing something you're good at? :kiss:

The Democrats ideal 2020 strategy is to continuously paint Trump as impeachable while never actually impeaching him, the attempt which (unless Trump d...

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You're welcome, @"Wallows" :up:

Use the Chinese food to make a giant map of China. Easy with noodles. Harder with rice. (And tell your brother there's no way I'm posting bail for him...

Yes, it is. Let's leave it at that

The EU is a club with mutual overall benefits not a foreign colonizer. Leaving it is dumb because you lose those benefits and gain very little in retu...