Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

Post by doubled112 » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 1:36 PM UTC

rob74 wrote: post #24

xlii wrote: post #12

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As far as I know there aren’t any sports which are completely safe and without side effects. Sport can ruin your joints (eg. running), spine (eg. weightlifting) and cause plethora of other health issues (anecdotally I know many people who got serious injuries from while leisurely playing team games). Usually there’s net gain from those activities, and what sport one practices vastly depends on preference and I’d rath…

Cycling is better for the joints than running. Unfortunately, bicycles are so damned effective that you have to cycle for a lot longer to burn the same amount of calories as when running...

Post by neogodless » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 1:58 PM UTC

test6554 wrote: post #17

Maybe someday there will be a drug that protects brains before suffering repeat concussions

Post by ChoGGi » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:06 PM UTC

doublerabbit wrote: post #52

AlexandrB wrote: post #50

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> Humans are not important, we are a fault to this world. No other plant or animal is important either. Nature doesn't give a shit about any of us. The ability to actually care about abstract concepts like the suffering of others is a rare trait in the animal kingdom. Humans have it. Maybe some primates and cetaceans have it. Otherwise animals are quite content to rip each other apart in the most cruel ways possible…

I removed that statement but: > Humans are not important, we are a fault to this world. > This alone makes human a little special, no? No, not really. We build militant armies only to send them off to fight so we can cause brutality to the same race for all but nothing other than evil and greed. At least animals are mauling in for survival. You could say power too but at least they eat the remains.

Post by macrolime » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:38 PM UTC

therein wrote: post #15

Codesleuth wrote: post #11

> A 54-g metal (tungsten) bolt was used to deliver an impact to the dorsal aspect of the skull, resulting in a rotational acceleration of the head through the Kimwipe. Mice underwent seven repetitive less-than-mild injuries (rlmTBI, 24-inch height; W/5 mm flat) OR repetitive mild injuries (rmTBI, 36-inch height; W/5 mm flat) in 9 days. This seems very cruel, even in the face of progress. The price that animals pay fo…

I'd take it further, in my opinion, it is essentially unjustifiable in a deeply karmic way. I genuinely think that I would be able to work on a weapons guidance system and even know that it has been used to target a military vehicle without feeling much guilt but performing the kind of work you have quoted on animals would make me stop and think. And just stop. It is not worth the progress. Not worth the credits, the…

Post by Qwertious » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:40 PM UTC

dal wrote: post #56

mandmandam wrote: post #49

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Said the human, apparently blithely unaware and certainly dismissive of any possible bias. The infinite animals, on the other end, made no such genocidal claims. In fact, on the whole, they were about 100% less fond of ethnic cleansing than the hairless apes. Not satisfied with continuing their perverse murder of the biosphere, the apes regularly turned on their own also, inventing ever-more horrifying methods of doi…

Is it genocide if you breed more of them than you put down?