That’s a subjective evaluation, noteworthyness or level of interest depends on the reader, not the topic.
I personally find it as interesting as hearing how moths adapt their camouflage to match pollution or how a new species of lemur is emerging from deforestation.
These all seem to me like things it’s better to know, than to not know about.
Though in this case, I do have my doubts that the people doing the study and the journalist reporting it had the same Nobel goals.
Agreed it’s subjective and your examples are interesting. As much as I kind of want my time back from the OP and these comments, anyone who did find the article interesting might find it interesting that they domesticated some foxes and the same sort of flattened face thing happened (but there’s plenty of dispute there too):
That’s a subjective evaluation, noteworthyness or level of interest depends on the reader, not the topic.
I personally find it as interesting as hearing how moths adapt their camouflage to match pollution or how a new species of lemur is emerging from deforestation.
These all seem to me like things it’s better to know, than to not know about.
Though in this case, I do have my doubts that the people doing the study and the journalist reporting it had the same Nobel goals.
Agreed it’s subjective and your examples are interesting. As much as I kind of want my time back from the OP and these comments, anyone who did find the article interesting might find it interesting that they domesticated some foxes and the same sort of flattened face thing happened (but there’s plenty of dispute there too):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox
I love the idea of a pet fox but I feel it raises serious ethical considerations…
But then I wonder if it’s that different to a pet dog or cat. And it is but its hard to name why!