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by improv 2y ago
>It's a problem when "philosophers" opine on physics without understanding physics very well It's also a problem when physicists make assertions of fact on consciousness and psychology without understanding consciousn
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by improv 2y ago
Relatedly, there is evidence that ketogenic (which are fasting mimicking) diets can be helpful: https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/keto-diet-prevents-early... . https://ncats.nih.gov/news-events&#x
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by improv 2y ago
It's not so much "low carb" as it is avoiding the sugar junkie culture that pervades the Standard American Diet. Keto can be an effective acute intervention against type 2 diabetes, but then one might add carbs back in to a r
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by improv 2y ago
See also: the American Heart Association. At a macroeconomic level - disease yields substantially higher profits than health in our current model.
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by improv 2y ago
>We need to have limits on what we allow our brain to process the same way we do for our body with ultra-processed foods by avoiding fast food restaurants This is a great analogy. Fast information dis-eases our minds as fast food disease
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by improv 2y ago
Couldn't think of a more efficient way to manufacture ADHD
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by improv 2y ago
Ketones have been shown to reduce oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain. We've known for a hundred years that it can be effective at treating epilepsy, and increasing evidence is mounting that it can be helpful for Alzheimer&#
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by improv 2y ago
Yes, early humans were likely carrion feeders among other dietary strategies. Archaeological and anthropological evidence suggests that before developing tools and techniques for hunting, early hominins would have scavenged carcasses left b
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by improv 2y ago
>carion, most raw meat (if we ate what dogs ate, we'd have constant stomach issues...) Humans have extremely acidic stomach acid (1.5 - 3.5 pH), close to that of vultures and dogs (1 - 2 pH). Early humans and their predecessors, wer
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by improv 3y ago
>That's only because we have no way to measure it, not because it's not also a physical problem People say the same thing about God. Measurability is a fundamental requirement of science for something to be tested or studied sy
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by improv 3y ago
Diabetes is a biological disease which can be objectively proven and diagnosed based on biological tests. There are no objective biological diagnostic criteria for anything in the DSM. "psychiatric diagnosis still relies exclusively on
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by improv 3y ago
As mentioned by light_hue_1: > Effect sizes were small (largest peak d, 0.15). It also doesn't look like they considered what effect a daily prescription of ADHD medications might have on brain connections versus the inherent condit
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by improv 3y ago
Why is Monsanto continuing to make such unscientific claims then?
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by improv 3y ago
>while completely ignoring the effects of NOT making a change The completely hypothetical effects of not making a change in just one area of virology research which is highly criticized by many in the scientific community. It's hi
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by improv 3y ago
NIMBYism != People being concerned about their neighbors possessing weapons of mass destruction/super viruses capable of killing them and millions/billions of other people.
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by improv 3y ago
There are plenty of people who work in remote locations like Antarctica, and few if any of them make such grandiose claims as these virologists who think their work will save millions of lives. If they can't be bothered to work in a sa
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by improv 3y ago
George Carlin - Saving the Planet https://youtu.be/7W33HRc1A6c?si=-EGHs1UFrx3s3io5
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by improv 3y ago
Why do you think the jury ruled the way it did then?
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by improv 3y ago
>The thinking is that a disproportionate amount of industrial agriculture is done in support of cattle farming Why is that the thinking? I've read that 86% of cattle feed is byproducts from industrial agriculture that is inedible to
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by improv 3y ago
Indeed, there are many who make so much noise made about how unsustainable and environmentally toxic industrial cattle farming is, but then it's crickets when it comes to how unsustainable and environmentally toxic industrial agricultu
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by improv 3y ago
When it comes to toxic industrial chemicals, it's innocent until proven guilty... 50 years and millions of diseases and deaths later
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by improv 3y ago
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/10/637722786/jury-awards-termina... >"We are sympathetic to Mr. Johnson and his family," Monsanto Vice President Scott Partridge said in a statement following the
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by improv 3y ago
Reminds me of when teachers told students not to use Wikipedia for research purposes.
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by improv 3y ago
>only possible because of crypto Marcus Hutchins: Why Destroying Bitcoin Wouldn't Stop Corporate Ransomware https://youtu.be/LDIGJRd_PyE?si=-TUIEnONm3_D8LzZ
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by improv 3y ago
>"there were all kinds of reasons we thought we were set up to fail" -Lee Hamilton, co-chair of the 9/11 commission https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_9/11_Commis... . Also Lee Hamil
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by improv 3y ago
>Sorry, there is only one dimension of reality. How do you know that?
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by improv 3y ago
>One does have to wonder why we need to medicate ourselves to cope with reality rather than change reality instead. Psychedelic therapy can reveal things about your reality that you may have been completely blind to or unaware of, thus e
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by improv 3y ago
Are there any particular sections in the paper which were alarming to you?
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by improv 3y ago
>The liberal insists on a bill of rights which will rigidly protect the individual and the minority against encroachments by the government and those elected to exercise power. >But the liberal does not stop here. He insists that the
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by improv 3y ago
Indeed, it seems like an easy problem on paper, but the problem is only growing worse. Why is that? I find it curious that the climate change issue gets far more attention than the ever increasing, far more lethal and imminently threatening

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