March 2011
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“I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have...”
– Einstein “gets” death. He reportedly told this to doctors when he refused surgery. He died in 1955 at the age of 76.
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his...”
– Thomas A. Edison
October 2010
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Symptoms Can Come And Go →
My take from the article:
The flaring up of a runny nose or itchy throat does not require that it be followed with a true illness or cold. These symptoms can be transient, they do not need to lead somewhere worse, and are simply your body’s natural inflammatory response to viruses in the air. In fact trying to “boost” yourself up with various nutraceuticals may only increase...
September 2010
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Unappetizing Mix
There is something truly unappetizing about having flu shot signs and medicine in your face as you walk into a grocery store. It’s like putting a perfume section in a bakery shop.
August 2010
3 posts
Don't Look At The Trees →
Want to know the key to skiing successfully through the trees? Don’t look at the trees! Instead, focus on where you want to go between them. If you spend your time focusing on the trees, you’ll end up hitting one. This principle applies to life and marriage as well. If you focus on where you want to go and your role in the process, by default you’ll avoid most of the pitfalls and issues along the...
The Seasons of Life →
In a letter to an acquaintance, Emerson compared the mind to a pear tree that goes through a season of barrenness only to suddenly burst forth in fruitful growth. Emerson learned that to avoid the frustration of barren times, a man needs to “adopt the pace of nature” whose “secret is patience.” Just as the farmer must continue pruning and grafting his trees in the winter in order to reap the...
July 2010
5 posts
An Urgent-Paced World
There are the often sighed phrases — “life is fast-paced”, “society these days is so fast-paced”, etc. But “fast” really isn’t descriptive enough. It’s a little generic to define our life with the same adjective we might use to describe a car.
Closer, I think, is “urgent”. That’s what these phrases really seem to be...
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How Microbes Defend and Define Us →
Scientists are regularly blown away by the complexity, power, and sheer number of microbes that live in our bodies. “We have over 10 times more microbes than human cells in our bodies,” said George Weinstock of Washington University in St. Louis. But the microbiome, as it’s known, remains mostly a mystery. “It’s as if we have these other organs, and yet these are parts of our bodies we know...
Baby Moose Playing in Sprinkler →
We’re all made of the same stuff.
If you liked that, watch an otter juggle a rock around his paws.
An Overheard Airport Conversation
Boy: Dad, why do some planes have wings on their tails and some don't?
Dad: Well, all planes have on their tails.... well, most do.
Boy: Home come some do and some don't?
Dad: All of the planes you'll see here today have wings on their tails.
Boy: But what about that one over there, how come it doesn't have wings on its tail?
Dad:
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Fat or Carbs: Which Is Worse? →
The saturated fat lauded in this menu won’t kill you. It may even be the safest element of the meal. … This contradicts nutritional dogma we’ve heard repeated since 1970, when a physiologist named Ancel Keys published his “Seven Countries” study that showed animal fat consumption strongly predicted heart attack risk.
June 2010
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A Decade Later, Genetic Map Yields Few New Cures →
The primary goal of the $3 billion Human Genome Project — to ferret out the genetic roots of common diseases and generate treatments — remains largely elusive.
What if the “roots” of disease aren’t entirely or even substantially genetic?
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In the Singularity Movement, Humans Are So... →
I’m sure the singularity movement has heard all of the arguments, but I can’t help think it seems somewhat driven by a fear of aging and death.
January 2008
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Diet, Lite, Low-Fat Tip
If you’re eating or drinking anything with diet, lite (light), or low-fat on the package label, then you are eating or drinking too much of it. Switch to the non-diet, full-fat version. If the amount consumed is truly your concern, then eat or drink less of that product. Your body will thank you for the simpler and less processed food you will consume, and your mind will thank you for...
November 2007
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