Mr_Seymoure

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• Arnold commented on Berlin trip
  Another Day, another complication in the Study of The Human Condition ..NOW I begin to Understand IT! ... " A virus that infects human brains and makes us more stupid has been discovered, according to scientists in the US. The algae virus, never before observed in healthy people, was found to affect cognitive functions including visual processing and spatial awareness. Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medical School and the University of Nebraska stumbled upon the discovery when they were undertaking an unrelated study into throat microbes. Surprisingly, the researchers found DNA in the throats of healthy individuals that matched the DNA...
• SFreader commented on Berlin trip
  Oh crap ... and here I thought it was age catching up with me! Here's a link/article that identifies this virus. http://www.iflscience.com/brain/algae-virus-humans-found-drain-brain-power Excerpt: Acanthocystis turfacea Chlorella virus 1 (ATCV-1), that typically infects freshwater green algae can be found in the throats of otherwise healthy humans. Okay - anyone know whether the OTC 'Chlorella' supplements contain this stuff/virus? (My understanding is that some viruses can lie dormant.)...
• SFreader commented on Berlin trip
  Link to actual article: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/10/23/1418895111.abstract...
• dsgood commented on Berlin trip
  Re psychopaths, from Wikipedia: "James H. Fallon... "Fallon, who himself has the neurological and genetic correlates of psychopathy,[1] has been categorized as a "pro-social psychopath", an assessment with which he concurs. In October 2013 his book, The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain, was released by Current (acquired by Penguin).[2]" I've read the book, and recommend it. Too improbable for fiction: Fallon accidentally saw a scan of his own brain, and till then hadn't realized he was a psychopath....
• El commented on Berlin trip
  You'll have to read the actual supplement recipe and see what they do. I did a quick survey of some preparations. Some said they treat everything in a way that would make me pretty surprised if there's anything resembling intact virus left (although it's not impossible). I'd also wonder just what the benefit is meant to be though. You're getting an odd mix of oligo-peptides and short chains of nucleic acids and... so? There's at least one site that says this is essential to let us get access to the micronutrients which is what you're presumably more interested in. Some...