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Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by Zambyte »

corethree wrote: post #70
Zambyte wrote: post #41

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> Because we humans are more important than them. This seems to be self evident to you. Can you explain why this is true?

Because I enjoy eating the flesh of slaughtered animals. Whenever I do so I feel nothing but absolute pleasure of the taste of cooked flesh. I feel zero guilt. And so does the majority of the human race. If I were to do the same to a human that would be a big problem. Why is it like this? I don't know but that's just the way it is. Don't try to rationalize it, it's not supposed to be rational. Our evolutionary quirks…

It seems like this is mostly written to offend vegans, of which I am not, so I don't find most of it interesting honestly.

Only thing I have to say is

> People aren't rational. ~~There~~ Their beliefs are based off of instinctual desires and they construct scaffolds of rational logic around their preconceived beliefs.

A huge pet peeve of mine is when people tell me what I believe. Believe what you want, but I absolutely anchor my beliefs in my rational understanding. Sometimes I don't have a rational understanding, and no belief on the matter (not having an opinion is actually possible). That's why I asked.

Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by mrguyorama »

stavros wrote: post #18
jbluepolarbear wrote: post #13

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Sorry, no one is gonna prefer to watch flag football over full contact tackling. This is an absurd article. And the fact that the Olympics are holding a flag football event is a joke.

That's what the Romans said when they tried to go from fighting to the death to fighting until someone yielded.

Roman gladiatorial combat rarely went to the death. Fighters were valuable media personalities, much like pro athletes today, supposedly including product endorsements and billboard advertising! Battles and fighters were focused on spectacle. It was basically just the WWE

Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by [deleted] »

humansareok1 wrote: post #81
doublerabbit wrote: post #52

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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.

You and several others in this thread are disturbingly nihilistic misanthropes. You should not be allowed to vote nor breed, though what self respecting person would ever couple with you in the first place.

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Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by instagib »

neogodless wrote: post #44
cat_plus_plus wrote: post #2

If you end up taking a drug because someone bangs you on your head everyday, it's good that it's there, but you might also want to put a stop to that.

Presumably you only mean sports. I'm tall. My first big concussion was so stupid. I had a box of stuff in the floor near the wall under a heavy wall-mounted shelf. Stood up after picking something out of the box and smashed my head. Since then I've had several minor ones, but as stated elsewhere, you become more easily susceptible to the effects of a concussion from even relatively small impacts after a big one. The…

Same, I’m regrettably at an average of one concussion per year. Some described as mild or moderate TBI.

I would be very cautious after a concussion. I had one in one month (odd to pass out and not fall down) then another the following month (slip and fall) then became disabled for about a year.

I’ve read that supplementing with high dose creatine and exercise can help post concussion or with migraines which I regularly get now.

Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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macrolime wrote: post #57
therein wrote: post #15

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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…

Do you eat meat? That's arguably worse.

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Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by humansareok1 »

ethanbond wrote: post #86
humansareok1 wrote: post #80

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Go ahead and objectively prove humans are less important than other species.

That's not what I said.

Surely you should have no trouble proving a "objective fact"

Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by JasserInicide »

apapapa wrote: post #93
test6554 wrote: post #17

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

You don't like watching people killing themselves in UFC, NFL, etc... ?

Seeing people perform in high risk competition is something that goes back to antiquity. I don't know why we can't be more honest with ourselves on this point. I don't watch UFC but I do know that in the past 20 years the NFL becoming more "safe" and prioritizing high scoring games has taken a certain amount of soul out of the game

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Post by importantbrian »

bdcravens wrote: post #3
cat_plus_plus wrote: post #2

If you end up taking a drug because someone bangs you on your head everyday, it's good that it's there, but you might also want to put a stop to that.

Perhaps, but many sports (such as football and American football) are far too popular to end anytime soon. Additionally, it may be given as a precaution after a first concussion (car wreck, for example), even if that person is unlikely to be "banged on the head everyday"

While American Football won't end anytime soon -- depending on your definition of soon. It's worth noting that youth participation rates are falling dramatically, and there are big regional differences. It will take a while, but football will eventually end up as a niche regional sport. Unless a drug like this or some revolutionary piece of safety equipment came along. Then I could see the sport staying on top long term.
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