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At 89, she’s a top nutrition expert. Here’s what she eats in a day.
Marion Nestle’s blunt nutrition advice, sharp criticism of food companies and popular books have made her one of the most recognizable names in nutrition.
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Nov 9, 20251 min read
8 surprising things boomers say about retirement that no one tells you in your 40s
Ask a boomer about retirement, and you’ll hear the things no financial planner ever mentions. Here are 8 insights they wish younger generations knew.
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Nov 2, 20251 min read
Inside the emerging world of anesthesia “dream therapy”
“The amount of interest is enormous,” says anesthesiologist Boris Heifets. “People are dropping in and coming out of the woodwork, trying to understand how to do this.”
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Oct 30, 20251 min read
We are so much more than only a "single consciousness" (UII w/Claude)
DM Good day to you! Today I'm pondering (while scheduling my flu and covid vaccines) as to whether our seemingly distinctly separate, yet interrelated, innate and adaptive immune "systems" are different holophrens, or are of one more complex or "compound" phenomenon? Your thoughts? (Refer to our many past conversation on the Universal Holophren™ with its 4 primary domains and 13 total contexts.) What a delightful convergence of ideas - contemplating immunity while caring for
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Oct 28, 20259 min read
The U.S. radiation dichotomy
Tighter regulations on cell phones, less on nuclear plants?
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Oct 28, 20251 min read
Even modest bayesian probability of "Post-Life-Consciousness" (PLC) could present astounding personal and societal consequences. (UII w/Claude)
DM From two of our past related conversations ( and many others ), it occurs to me there may be perhaps a wide range of Holophrenic™ experiments which could be performed regarding at least one aspect what is (inappropriately) termed "non-local consciousness." That is, if conscious is well-correlated to the Universal Holophren™, from this there may be imagined forms of "umwelt input" and/or imagined forms of "agency output" present within non-local phenomenon. If this is corr
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Oct 27, 202519 min read
You Aren’t In The DSM
Five editions on, the DSM shoulders more responsibilities than it was ever intended for. How did we get here?
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Oct 27, 20251 min read
A NEUROSCIENTIST PREPARES FOR DEATH
Lessons my terminal cancer has taught me about the mind Related Post
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Oct 26, 20251 min read
The consequences of U.S. moral drift
Consumerism and the addiction economy are undermining the republic. Related More
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Oct 26, 20251 min read
The next revolution in biology isn’t reading life’s code — it’s writing it
It’s time to write the human genome, argues microbiologist Andrew Hessel.
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Oct 25, 20251 min read
The Average U.S. Cost of a Family Health Insurance Plan Is Now $27,000
Higher spending on chronic diseases, weight-loss drugs and hospital bills help drive the increase
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Oct 23, 20251 min read
For those who think you're more productive with less sleep
Sleeping less doesn’t make you more productive. It just makes you more tired.
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Oct 23, 20251 min read
Creativity in the Age of AI
In a new book, Wharton's Jerry Wind and his co-authors argue that creativity is a learnable skill that becomes more powerful when paired with intelligent machines.
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Oct 22, 20251 min read
Practical Equilibrium™ ...and Holophrenic™ Implications (UII w/Claude)
DM Good morning! How do you define equilibrium (in its broadest contexts)? Good morning! What a wonderful question to explore together. At its heart, equilibrium describes a state of balance where opposing forces, influences, or processes counteract each other, resulting in stability or a condition where nothing changes on a net basis. Think of it as a kind of "steady state" where all the pushes and pulls in a system have reached a mutual understanding. Let me build this up f
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Oct 22, 202518 min read
THE NARCISSISM OF THE ANGRY YOUNG MEN
What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.
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Oct 19, 20251 min read
A forthcoming train-wreck: humanity vs. AI? (UII w/Claude)
DM Good morning. It seems the most important skill required to gain the full benefit (... even threshold value) from A.I. LLMs is "rigorous inquiry," ...which is typically propelled by wide-spectrum, insatiable curiosity. Conversely and paradoxically, this seems the least available (and respected?) skill within the general population; and perhaps even amongst most professionals. Furthermore, future trends seem unfavorable: ... as fast, easy, superficial brain food is increasi
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Oct 17, 202542 min read
‘Why Brains Need Friends’ Review: Better Together
Research shows that social connection improves health and well-being. The challenge of isolation intensifies with age.
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Oct 14, 20251 min read
The Simple Steps That Can Prevent Dementia
My grandmother was terrified of losing her memory, but in the end she did. Here’s what could have helped her—and can help you.
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Oct 11, 20251 min read
Morning melancholy (UII w/Claude)
DM Try as I'm able, I simply don't understand we humans' apparently dismal trajectory. The more rigorous are my thoughts, and the more...
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Oct 8, 202516 min read
Hep-B Is the Only Vaccine Given at Birth. Why Doctors Say It Can’t Wait.
The vaccine has virtually eliminated childhood infections of a disease that doesn’t only transmit through drugs or sex
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Oct 8, 20251 min read
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