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Lacewing wrote:Odd that it won't prevent a person from being elected president of a country.

For the most important position in the world, one would think a President's health would be equally important.

PhilX

Lacewing wrote:Odd that it won't prevent a person from being elected president of a country.

In the USofA, a more diverse distribution of demented voters would be required to affect the EC results.

Walker wrote:

Lacewing wrote:Odd that it won't prevent a person from being elected president of a country.

In the USofA, a more diverse distribution of demented voters would be required to affect the EC results.

In case clarification is needed: I'm saying that I think Trump has dementia (not his supporters). I've thought so since the beginning of his campaign. And that, combined with his 5th grade mentality, would really seem to be a double-whammy. Then when you add on his hateful and divisive rhetoric, it would seem certain that such things could never be ignored by theists, and that he would never be chosen as a "leader". Yet, here we are, inexplicably... in some sort of nightmarish cartoon that shows us more clearly who we are. A great incentive (to some) for moving beyond it (at least individually, if not collectively... but I suspect the former will eventually transform the latter).

Lacewing wrote:

Walker wrote:

Lacewing wrote:Odd that it won't prevent a person from being elected president of a country.

In the USofA, a more diverse distribution of demented voters would be required to affect the EC results.

In case clarification is needed: I'm saying that I think Trump has dementia (not his supporters). I've thought so since the beginning of his campaign. And that, combined with his 5th grade mentality, would really seem to be a double-whammy. Then when you add on his hateful and divisive rhetoric, it would seem certain that such things could never be ignored by theists, and that he would never be chosen as a "leader". Yet, here we are, inexplicably... in some sort of nightmarish cartoon that shows us more clearly who we are. A great incentive (to some) for moving beyond it (at least individually, if not collectively... but I suspect the former will eventually transform the latter).

It didn't seem to bother Americans unduly that Bush Jr. destroyed the world, so I don't really know what all the fuss is about. Reagan had Alzheimers in office. No one there noticed. The worst thing about Trump is who he's giving the top jobs to. I would be very worried about him dying before his term is up. You have creationists and various other retarded nut-jobs galore about to run the asylum. Trump is a red-herring. Pence is the scary one.

In my country (Spain) blood diseases are the biggest cause of death.
Well, people know more, and they can treat better some diseases, in my country lot of people take anticoagulants fo example. Maybe that's why now they can die because of other things usually related with being old. Everybody dies, if you want to die you can choose very well when and how, if you don't want to choose... well, one of the percentages is going to be always the biggest.
I rememberan anime scene, but I can't find it.
Some people will replace their body, but you are your brain.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Greta wrote:IFrom what I've seen, the best time to go is often in one's 70s. Around "three score and ten" is still a gold standard lifespan as far as I can tell.

That's pretty out of date now.
All western countries averages are way above that, and once achieving 70 most can expect at least another 15 good years. Some of the most interesting people I know are over 80.

Not me. I have seen too much octogenarian suffering to fancy that lifespan.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Dad did manage some very good years in his 70s that Mum missed out on, but his 80s largely, and increasingly, sucked.

How did he feel about being over 80?

Dad was a very determined kind of character but I think that if he could come back and give a verdict of his life, he'd say that his 80s truly sucked. It was a period of enormous loss and pain.

Greta wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Greta wrote:IFrom what I've seen, the best time to go is often in one's 70s. Around "three score and ten" is still a gold standard lifespan as far as I can tell.

That's pretty out of date now.
All western countries averages are way above that, and once achieving 70 most can expect at least another 15 good years. Some of the most interesting people I know are over 80.

Not me. I have seen too much octogenarian suffering to fancy that lifespan.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Dad did manage some very good years in his 70s that Mum missed out on, but his 80s largely, and increasingly, sucked.

How did he feel about being over 80?

Dad was a very determined kind of character but I think that if he could come back and give a verdict of his life, he'd say that his 80s truly sucked. It was a period of enormous loss and pain.

I have found as I've gotten older that the women gotten turned on to me more which I attribute to maturity. I shudder to think what happens when I reach 80.

PhilX

I heard that curcuma has been proved to destroy the plaques in brains of mice.

The problem is how to get curcuma to the brain, it does not dissolve in water.

Why curcuma was able to get to the mouse brain I don´t remember.

I eat a lot of curcuma and swallow curcumin capsules to see if the benign growths on my skin will disappear.
The capsules have been able to remove growths in intestines of many happy patients so I thought that I can observe what happens on my skin.

Perhaps the capsules will also remove plaques in my brain and I will become more bright.

Then you will be able to notice it here too, I suppose ...

duszek wrote:I heard that curcuma has been proved to destroy the plaques in brains of mice.

The problem is how to get curcuma to the brain, it does not dissolve in water.

Why curcuma was able to get to the mouse brain I don´t remember.

I eat a lot of curcuma and swallow curcumin capsules to see if the benign growths on my skin will disappear.
The capsules have been able to remove growths in intestines of many happy patients so I thought that I can observe what happens on my skin.

Perhaps the capsules will also remove plaques in my brain and I will become more bright.

Then you will be able to notice it here too, I suppose ...

I don't trust mice studies as the odds are over 10 to 1 against the results being duplicated in human clinical trials. Good luck to you.

PhilX

duszek wrote:I eat a lot of curcuma and swallow curcumin capsules to see if the benign growths on my skin will disappear.

Have you tried Tea Tree Oil? I used it on a couple of small moles, and they're completely gone now. Twice a day to saturate them, for 3 days, then a day of rest, then repeat the process as needed. It didn't take long.

Thank you, Lacewing, no I have not tried this yet.
My benign growths are not very numerous but I know someone who is really worried by them.
I will tell her and I will also try myself what you say, thank you.

Philosophy Explorer wrote:

Greta wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote: That's pretty out of date now.
All western countries averages are way above that, and once achieving 70 most can expect at least another 15 good years. Some of the most interesting people I know are over 80.

Not me. I have seen too much octogenarian suffering to fancy that lifespan.

Hobbes' Choice wrote: How did he feel about being over 80?

Dad was a very determined kind of character but I think that if he could come back and give a verdict of his life, he'd say that his 80s truly sucked. It was a period of enormous loss and pain.

I have found as I've gotten older that the women gotten turned on to me more which I attribute to maturity. I shudder to think what happens when I reach 80.

PhilX

Wow, two 'gottens' in one sentence. How did Americans manage to make the language so ugly?

Greta wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Greta wrote:IFrom what I've seen, the best time to go is often in one's 70s. Around "three score and ten" is still a gold standard lifespan as far as I can tell.

That's pretty out of date now.
All western countries averages are way above that, and once achieving 70 most can expect at least another 15 good years. Some of the most interesting people I know are over 80.

Not me. I have seen too much octogenarian suffering to fancy that lifespan.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Dad did manage some very good years in his 70s that Mum missed out on, but his 80s largely, and increasingly, sucked.

How did he feel about being over 80?

Dad was a very determined kind of character but I think that if he could come back and give a verdict of his life, he'd say that his 80s truly sucked. It was a period of enormous loss and pain.

Sorry to hear that.
Both my parents were pretty much done by the age of 78. Dad clicked off in a second with a good mind, due to a heart attack,. my Mum dragged it out for a year with some confusion.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

Philosophy Explorer wrote:

Greta wrote: Not me. I have seen too much octogenarian suffering to fancy that lifespan.


Dad was a very determined kind of character but I think that if he could come back and give a verdict of his life, he'd say that his 80s truly sucked. It was a period of enormous loss and pain.

I have found as I've gotten older that the women gotten turned on to me more which I attribute to maturity. I shudder to think what happens when I reach 80.

PhilX

Wow, two 'gottens' in one sentence. How did Americans manage to make the language so ugly?

Yes 'gotten' is a grammatical redundancy.
I saw the use of 'yous' the other day; a plurality of 'you'. ugly but could be useful.

Hobbes' Choice wrote: Yes 'gotten' is a grammatical redundancy.
I saw the use of 'yous' the other day; a plurality of 'you'. ugly but could be useful.

And I've noticed an increase in the use of 'snuck' by seemingly normal people who think it's the past participle of 'sneak'. Now that Americans are making baby-talk an acceptable part of adult language, perhaps we will start hearing 'bow-wow' and 'moo-moo' in the mainstream too.