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bmurphy1976

There's plenty of proof it's true if you bothered to look. Here's but one example:

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/why-are-fire...

https://www.firefly.org/why-are-fireflies-disappearing.html

Something which I've also anecdotally noticed long before I researched it to confirm it's not my imagination. You can see it in action at my cousin's farm. Their prairie is a hive of activity and lights at night. The neighboring soy farm is dead.

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As I said, it might be true. I personally believe it's true.

But the argument about windshield proves nothing.

If I say "don't open the door, there is a dangerous thing behind it, I saw it". Will you open the door or trust anecdotal evidence ?

The thing is, we need balance between facebook mum faith and requesting studies, numbers and white papers for every single little opinion.

I noticed fewer bugs on my windshield and called it _highly subjective_ statistics, already implying it proves nothing.

By coincidence I drive the same car as my mother did back then. And the same route. I will call it a standardized test then and wait for further peer review.

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