wikipedia wrote:The composition of sebum varies between species. In humans, the lipid content is as follows:[6]
Percent composition Substance
25% wax monoesters
41% triglycerides
16% free fatty acids
12% squalene

sebum is not a homogenous substance

Nomination for greatest quote of the thread #2: "A 'vast collection of empirical show this'. LOL. You really think it's bad that I think for myself and it's noble you have to rely on data by other thinkers?" #3 "Look at all of the assumptions by people like you relying on that same methodology sayin...

I have a nomination for greatest quote of the thread: "And I got the logical conclusion from using my own skills of reasoning based on previous truths I've learned (seriously, could it be any more obvious)." If there were green unicorn-pimples a foot long coming out of girls heads during puberty for...

4got this part

panacea wrote: as would be the logical answer to the problem, since it's the answer in every other case of animal mating as well as our own, in reality.

you mean other than the monkey examples I already posted? lol

Name a point I've ignored? I thought you said I encompassed all points in my posts and you wished you could have the intellectual capacity to do that like me? Both are 'natural' but not 'naturally evolved for' except for survival you mean not optimally evolved for? and where did you get this opinio...

The only reason I even have to post those 'ramblings' is because you ignore the logical facts Or because you ignore previously addressed points in the topic, but most of the time its just posting irrelevant statements. and instead wish to push this communities thought in the wrong direction sorry, ...

Erm, you actually prove my point here, do you not? I think it proves that people with power pretty much only care about themselves and their own power. And not such idealistic fantasies like community reponsibility, moral integrity, or lofty ethics . What did you get out of it? Edit: Don't get me w...

It doesn't matter if the theories are incompatible because the acne/evolution/genetic theory is wrong, as has been logically shown. There is absolutely no basis, no reason, from a sane or even an insane standpoint, for acne to develop for any social advantage. If girls didn't want to get raped, the...

that is, from the outputs of 1st world countries

so acne can too? Well, you just assume acne and diabetes are genetic disorders, which hasn't been proven so far. Is there a circumvention for Down's Syndrome? Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy? In any case, to assume acne is genetic is one thing, but to build even further on that assumption, and assume...

Actually there are many people in the US and Canada (I think in the UK too, but I'm not sure) who do not pay income tax (some don't pay any taxes at all). You can read the story of one of them here: http://www.spiritualeconomicsnow.net/solutions/How_I_08.pdf You gonna take one for the team and try ...

genetic disorders can be circumvented. for example diabetics take exogenous insulin or eat a lot of sugar when they get hypoglycemia So? so acne can too? crime, poverty, depletion of resources The conclusion that overpopulation is the cause, is quite premature, I'd say. the only fixable cause. unle...

If it were that wouldn't negate the validity of these theories at all. Ok so you don't agree with the Wai theory? Im saying it has no bearing on whether this is true or not. In my opinion there are theories that are more likely or less likely. If these theories would be true, then acne would be an ...

Well so far the Wai idea of acne being caused by food and/or hormonal influence seems to be correct If it were that wouldn't negate the validity of these theories at all. I find that a more interesting theory is that one of nature's population control mechanisms might be homosexuality. Well it's no...

I've quickly read the articles, and so far: I admit some of the claims seem ridiculous, lol. But it seems like acne is just too random of a disease (i.e. harmless but psychologically traumatizing) and too widespread (especially in developed societies, where it's effects have the most value) to be d...