Altitude and child development
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Altitude and child development
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#2I only hire devs that were born within 200m of sea level. Best devs are those born below sea level.
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#3High altitude climbing is also known to cause brain changes detectable on MRI.
See e.g. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ham.2011.1073
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#4I found it more interesting that apparently it's possible to get paid by the hour to do research on subjects like this.
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#5I found it more interesting that apparently it's possible to get paid by the hour to do research on subjects like this.
That is interesting. It sounds like this was just someone who was interested, but I can see it being useful having access to someone with research experience.
I really don't feel capable of reading academic papers, so for me this would be very useful.
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#6> higher altitudes within the US have fewer environmental contaminants
Living in Denver, I routinely see headlines (and see with my own eyes) about how terrible the air quality is here, at certain times of the year at least. Wonder if that data controls for whether someone is in a high-altitude city or at the summit of a 14,000+ ft mountain.
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#7> higher altitudes within the US have fewer environmental contaminants Living in Denver, I routinely see headlines (and see with my own eyes) about how terrible the air quality is here, at certain times of the year at least. Wonder if that data controls for whether someone is in a high-altitude city or at the summit of a 14,000+ ft mountain.
I remember flying into Denver in the winter and seeing the inversion of just awful brown haze.
I cried for my lungs on that trip.
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#8I only hire devs that were born within 200m of sea level. Best devs are those born below sea level.
Does that mean if someone was raised in a mine are they better at bare-metal development?
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#9I only hire devs that were born within 200m of sea level. Best devs are those born below sea level.
It's better down where it's wetter
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#10I found it more interesting that apparently it's possible to get paid by the hour to do research on subjects like this.
I found that interesting too. I liked her disclaimer at the lead-in: "The investigation stops when the client no longer wants to pay for more, not when I’ve achieved a particular level of certainty I’m satisfied with. Etc. In this particular case they were satisfied with the answer after only a few hours, and I did not pursue beyond that"
Reminds me of the "synthesists" from the sci-fi classic 'Stand on Zanzibar'.