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by samrmay 2y ago
The article does specifically mention that the strain used produces an antibody which survives in the gut and may demolish your gut microbiome. Also one of the footnotes mentions that producing alcohol instead of lactic acid as a byproduct
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Mus Silicium (2000)(bioprocessonline.com)
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by samrmay 6y ago
"Social media bad" is much more palpable than grappling with the fact that mental illness is a complicated problem with many contributing factors. Very frustrating because the researchers suggest increasing mental health resources
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by samrmay 6y ago
I love the idea of a future historian looking back at the timeline of human history, seeing immense suffering (including worse pandemics), and laughing at us for thinking our struggle is important enough to create a new era. Perhaps they’ll
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by samrmay 6y ago
The article mentions a myriad of factors that correlate with mental health issues going into adolescence. It’s interesting that the headline targets social media, as the body of the article doesn’t seem to highlight it as an especially stro
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by samrmay 6y ago
I've heard other people say similar claims (about Twitter hosting equal/greater amounts of hate speech, threats, etc.). Totally plausible and I wouldn't be surprised if it were definitively true, but have there been any data
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by samrmay 6y ago
A 15% shift, while quite substantive, is actually a little lower than I would've guessed. I could totally see this number shifting based on geopolitical climate, but that percentage switch is lower than it could be. Perhaps a minor sil
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by samrmay 6y ago
Correct. Was talking about the sheer size of many countries in NA makes it a much different situation than many countries in Europe. Could've been much clearer so I apologize.
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by samrmay 6y ago
NA’s geography does make it slightly less prone to cycling/walking based transportation, but it seems people use a predilection towards cars as an excuse not to evolve. Super interesting that the shift to biking in Amsterdam was a conc
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by samrmay 6y ago
I find that most are exactly as you mentioned. Definitely depends why you’re reading self help books, but generally speaking, I think that general philosophy and “mental model” books are more useful for evolving your world view. The other g
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