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Saturday, February 1. 2014

The Good News du Jour

Via Ol' Remus:



 Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full up, so to do humans take longer to access information, it has been suggested.
Sarah Knapton at telegraph.co.uk



Well, pretty to think so...


Posted by The Barrister in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:13 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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technically correct. Aging itself does not rot the brain, but as that brain is exposed to outside influences that cause rot it is more likely to have been damaged as it gets older.
#1 J.T. Wenting on 2014-02-01 15:00 (Reply)
Yeah well I have this to say about that..........wait a minute.
#2 Front toward Enemy on 2014-02-01 17:27 (Reply)
"Pretty to think so"

That's from, what's his name, starts with H... Henry, Heisenburg, Hurley... Damn, something about Sun but I can't quite remember. sun in bed, sun bay the sailor, sun day morning. Come on guys, who was that author?
#3 chuck on 2014-02-01 17:28 (Reply)
Robert Parker, I think.
#3.1 Bird Dog on 2014-02-01 18:02 (Reply)
No, no, it was some famous writer. Paris, Cuba, liked guns, name starts with H...
#3.1.1 chuck on 2014-02-01 19:14 (Reply)
Holloway! Sterling Holloway!
#3.1.1.1 Sam L. on 2014-02-01 20:02 (Reply)
Hammett.
#3.1.1.1.1 chasmatic (Link) on 2014-02-01 22:57 (Reply)
Henning. Hennings. Doug Hemmings, Oh, and alcoholic brain rot will wash away your mind; liver too.
#4 tennesseered on 2014-02-02 06:19 (Reply)
My mother always said that my Dad was going senile as he entered his mid-60's... Now that I'm in that place, I think it's just boredom.

About that author- I'm sure I have most or all his books, but they're downstairs, I'll go look later.... ;-))) The guy I have in mind wrote depressing stories, but his turn of phrase was extremely beautiful - I love his use of words.

Susan Lee
#5 Susan Lee on 2014-02-02 09:05 (Reply)
I have a theory as to why time seems to go by faster as you age. For a 5 year old, a year is 20% of his prior life. For a 50 year old, just 2%.
#6 Freddie Sykes on 2014-02-02 11:51 (Reply)

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