bump - would love your recs on any great speakers / thinkers on this stuff for hereticon
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taking biological antifragility to an uncomfortable place. hormesis, intermittent fasting, less repetitious high-intensity lifting, and microdermabrasion all directly linked to healthy growth. smoking a cigarette every once in a while... good for you?
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Smoking lowers risk of inflammatory bowel disease and pre-eclampsia. Inflammation is a spectrum with an optimal time and place. Just right = wound healing. Out of control = sepsis. Biology is complex.
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Lab I did research in studied DNA damage. Postdoc came back from conference, heard it suggested that in order to keep DNA repair enzymes from atrophe when low exposure to environmentail polutants, 1 cig per day.
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Also, Had a cab driver 10 yrs ago doing PHD studies linking nicotine consumption to reduced risk of alzheimers.
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but the intermittent trauma is the thing
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Oh wow, yes. Exercise is the best illustration of antifragility I can think of. Well done.
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It’s the same as narrative - you either create your own, or it will be created for you. Doing these things is a stoic embrace of the inevitable. Not so much about control, more choice... and the byproducts if choosing like depth of understanding.
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I have a couple of cigars a year. Why not? Can't smoke cigarettes though
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Have just seen this twit retweeted. Turns out... maybe yes!
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