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The Rambling Road: A question of precision
Having medical conditions often means medication, and taking medications often means a level of precision whether we realize it or not. Each medication has its own, often unique, requirements for administration that are often, in some way, in conflict with … Continue reading → Continue reading
Fructose = Dumber?
Is the massive consumption of fructose in the modern diet making us all dumber? I’m not asking this question as a rhetorical one, but as an honest question and one that I hope is being investigated by science. It bothers … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Food, Medicine, Science and Technology
Tagged brain, carbohydrates, Food, fructose, galactose, glucose, Intelligence, smarts, soda, sugar
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Worldview Web Roundup for 20100609
Um, duh, the internets are making us dumber. Just don’t stop reading Worldview… DLH
Posted in Computers, Internet, Medicine, Science and Technology, Updates, Worldview Web Roundup
Tagged cognition, Intelligence, Internet
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Yeah, wear shoes
Worldview Item of the Day Flip-flops and their assorted foot-smacking cousins are a pet peeve of mine. I hate how they sound, how they look, even how they make people behave. Now, there is medical credibility (video) for my credo, … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Science and Technology, Society
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Training the way they fight
PETA is outraged because the Army apparently uses live, wounded pigs to train lifesaving techniques to soldiers preparing to depart for Afghanistan and Iraq.
A military axiom I am familiar with is “train the way you fight”. The idea is to make training as realistic as the real thing as possible so that the real thing is not a surprise, thereby increasing overall effectiveness in combat. […] Continue reading
