On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 08:13:55AM -0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
chemicals in the environment today that mimic various hormones which
At 07:48 AM 5/7/03 -0700, Mike Rosing wrote: then cause
imbalances in animals, or, for instance, aluminum suspected in alzhimers.
Al has been discredited,
By some. It is, however, a poison, and one that migrates into any even slightly acidic food.
Alz is inherited, or inevitable if your hydraulics keep you ticking that long (a recent development).
Nonsense. There are far too many very old people with no evidence of alzhimers. They used to say the same thing about senility and dementia, until it was shown that the primary problems were diet and/or a lack of stimulation. And also a problem with -- can't recall the term, but it's a loss of stomach enzymes that absorb B12. (snip)
Dumbing down of Americans has been going on for a long time. But I'm not sure that's real either. How long have the majority of people been
going past 8th grade education?
"Education" has been increasing, but industrial life means that people can be stupider, because they are more shielded.
See J. Diamond, http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/diamond/diamond_p1.html
Ah, yes, just think what the modern protective society is doing to the gene pool. Eyeglasses is just one example -- how many people today would starve quickly if thrown back into a hunting/gathering culture without their specs? Or just look at the difference in the last 100 years or so, where children who were "slow" were kept home on the farm, never married; whereas today they move out on their own, meet others like themselves, breed. And I'm not even talking about the welfare aspect, or the seriously retarded -- when I was a kid there were a lot of families with members who stayed home with the folks, or went to live with various relations, just a little too slow or too spooky. (snip) -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com